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WFE goes to bat for short sellers again
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The WFE concludes that the evidence “almost unanimously” points towards short selling bans being disruptive for the orderly functioning of markets

Canadian pension plans suffer biggest returns decline for more than a decade in Q1
30 April 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe has experienced the steepest decline since 2008

REGIS-TR partners with Sensiple for SFTR platform integration
30 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sensiple, a US regtech firm, has inked deals with REGIS-TR and UniVista to provide its buy-side clients with an end-to-end automated reporting solution for SFTR

AcadiaSoft partners with Margin Reform & Margin Tonic to support UMR compliance
29 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Margin Reform and Margin Tonic will offer consulting services to AcadiaSoft clients ahead of the final phases of UMR

As ESG grows, liquidity could wither, warns State Street
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A growing number of asset owners and managers are voicing concerns that securities lending undermines their ability to exercise proper stewardship on underlying investments, finds a new State Street research paper.

ABN AMRO hires securities finance consultant
29 April 2020 Amsterdam
Reporter: Natalie Turner

AMRO Clearing Bank has welcomed back Reza Lilipaly as an analyst focused on its securities finance activities

SEC Rule 15c3-3 amendments will most likely be delayed due to COVID-19 disruption
28 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Much-sought-after changes to SEC Rule 15c3-3 originally predicted to occur this year will most likely be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

New APAC securities lending user guide goes live
28 April 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has partnered with PASLA and the RMA to create a free-to-download securities lending user guide for all 14 markets in the Asia Pacific Region

UnaVista partners with Delta Capita on SFTR testing
27 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

UnaVista has partnered with Delta Capita to provide its clients with access to SFTR data testing pack ahead of the first go-live phase.

Bank of Japan extends measures to maintain repo market
27 April 2020 Japan
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of Japan has extended its additional securities lending measures to maintain repo market stability as the country battles a fresh wave of COVID-19 disruption

Hedge funds continue to grow
27 April 2020 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IOSCO’s largest-ever market survey shows that multi-strategy funds and equity long/short funds are the most common strategy types

Euronext to build post-trade services through Danish CSD acquisition
24 April 2020 Copenhagen
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European stock exchange says the deal serves to significantly bolster its post-trade services offering and further diversify its revenue stream to become less reliant on volume-related revenue