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ECB seeks opinions on EONIA to €STR transition
24 December 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Central Bank’s working group on euro risk-free rates is looking for market feedback on the transition from the EONIA to the €STR

REGIS-TR bolsters SFTR team in Germany
20 December 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

REGIS-TR has added Lucija Basic to its Frankfurt sales and relationship management team as part of its drive to further expand and support its SFTR client base in Germany

ESMA updates SFTR XML schemas but withholds final guidelines
20 December 2019 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The EU market watchdog has updated its XML schemas for SFTR to an ISO-registered version but the final level three guidelines are now not due until January

UK’s FCA predicted to ramp-up non-compliance fines in 2020
20 December 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s market watchdog has already handed out hefty fines for non-compliance with MiFID II this year and this is expected to "intensify" next year

EXCLUSIVE: deltaconX joins forces with Murex
19 December 2019 Switzerland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

deltaconX sign connectivity agreement with Murex SAS

Industry bodies collaborate on new EU reporting agreement
19 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Master Regulatory Reporting Agreement was developed by ISLA and four other associations with the aim of remaining effective post Brexit

ESMA bats away claims of a link between securities lending and ‘short-termism’
18 December 2019 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has dismissed concerns that securities lending and short selling are linked to anti-ESG practices

EXCLUSIVE: Deutsche Boerse bows out of SFTR reporting
18 December 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Boerse is no longer planning to offer SFTR reporting services after failing to capture enough clients to justify the service

ISLA forms Council for Sustainable Finance
17 December 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has formed a 'Council for Sustainable Finance', shortly after the world's largest pension fund partially withdrew from lending citing ESG-related conflicts

J.P. Morgan renews lending mandate with Australian superannuation fund
17 December 2019 Australia
Reporter: Natalie Turner

J.P. Morgan is set to provide securities lending and other asset servicing services to Local Government Super

UnaVista grows regulatory reporting team
17 December 2019 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

UnaVista, part of London Stock Exchange Group has appointed a new director of regulatory reporting strategy

BME launches a new blockchain collateral pledge service
16 December 2019 Madrid
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Renta 4 Banco has already registered the first digital pledges via the platform, which was developed with the aid of BME subsidiaries, including BME Clearing (the Spanish CCP) and IBERCLEAR (a CSD)