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deltaconX secures another SFTR reporting hub client
18 May 2020 Vienna
Reporter: Drew Nicol

deltaconX has brought on Kommunalkredit Austria AG, a specialised bank for infrastructure financing, as a user of its regulatory reporting hub for SFTR, EMIR and MiFID II

CME to close NEX Regulatory Reporting and TR services
15 May 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Abide Financial and NEX Regulatory Reporting and its European and Australian trade repositories will be wound down by year-end

US Fed extends public comment period for Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE deal
15 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Federal Reserve has extended the public comment period on Morgan Stanley’s bid to acquire digital broker E*TRADE

Eurex STS and Access Fintech join forces on CSDR
15 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Deutsche Boerse’s buy-in agent has partnered with Access Fintech to create a connected service between their CSDR platforms

Bequant unleashes new prime brokerage platform
15 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bequant PRO is a new prime brokerage platform for cryptocurrency and digital asset managers

Sovereign wealth funds were steadfast during pandemic turmoil
14 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors maintained exposure to risk assets in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by State Street and the IFSWF shows

US Fed modifies LCR to assist liquidity facilities
14 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Federal Reserve has temporarily tweaked the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) by implementing an ‘interim final rule’ aimed at further incentivising participation in its liquidity facilities

Pirum enhances CCP Gateway for SFTR reporting
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Ahead of SFTR’s go-live, Pirum has enhanced its CCP Gateway via Eurex to allow the novation of reportable transactions

CSDR solutions must be built to adapt, says regulatory expert
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The settlement discipline regime is unlikely to be amended before February, but vendors should be prepared for amendments to come eventually

PwC’s common UTI template endorsed by ICMA
13 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

PwC has collaborated with ICMA to produce a common template for bilateral UTI exchanges under SFTR

Commonwealth Bank eyes global securities finance growth
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Australian bank has bolstered its European team shortly after building out its Americas office as part of plans to grow its international securities finance business

Northern Trust gains new asset servicing mandate in Asia
12 May 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The US bank is set to provide collateral management services to Modular, which spun out of a large US hedge fund manager in January and is one of Asia’s largest hedge fund launches