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European countries extend short-selling bans
17 April 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Five European countries have extended their short selling bans despite mounting pressure to scrap the restrictions put in place after a sharp market sell-off last month

IHS Markit to publish index-tracking lending revenue reports
17 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISLA are among those to welcome IHS Markit’s has new monthly performance benchmarking reports that measure securities lending returns in six MSCI global equity indices

LuxCSD receives CSDR licence
16 April 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LuxCSD has gained a licence to act as a central securities depository (CSD) under the Central Securities Depository Regulation.

MarketAxess expands STP business development team
16 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Paul Cannell joins the MarketAxess post-trade business as part of its STP business development team

Deutsche Boerse CSDR buy-in agent gains banking licence
16 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Securities Transactions Services has taken a major step forward in launching its buy-in service ahead of the go-live of CSDR’s settlement discipline regime

Associations call for delay to SRD II
15 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA, AFME and the EBF were among 11 associations to sign a letter sent to the European Commission last week requesting a 12-month delay to the second Shareholder Rights Directive, which was due to come into force in September

AxiomSL goes live with SFTR platform
15 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

AxiomSL meets original SFTR reporting deadline with new reporting offering

Cassini Systems and AcadiaSoft to offer joint IM services
15 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The two fintech firms aim to offer mutual clients front-to-back margin optimisation and operational automation through by integrating their initial margin solutions

Acumen-net software updated for LIBOR phase-out
15 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Profile Software reveals that Login’s Acumen-net Treasury Management platform is ready to support the phase-out of LIBOR with new modules

SWIFT cancels SIBOS, mulls virtual alternative
15 April 2020 Boston
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The cancellation marks only the second time the event has not gone-ahead in its 42-year history, with the first time being in 2001 following the 11 September terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York

FIS appoints new US senior sales executive
14 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turnerr

FIS has hired a former-EquiLend sales associate director for its US securities finance sales team

US Fed to scale back repo operations
14 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Federal Reserve will soon begin winding down the additional repo operations that have been in place for over a month to combat the COVID-19-fuelled liquidity issues