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MiFID II reporting challenges continue
16 December 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Firms are still struggling with reporting quality and process in relation to the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, according to Cappitech

US SEC to review exemption rules for affiliated securities lending programmes
13 December 2019 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US SEC has called on industry participants to assists in reforming flaws in the current exemption relief rules for affiliated parties in securities lending programmes

TD Securities appoints new securities lending director
13 December 2019 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

TD Securities is seeking to enhance its prime services with new hire

LSEG chosen by Philippine Stock Exchange for securities lending services
12 December 2019 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Philippine Stock Exchange is set to leverage LSEG post-trade technology for securities lending, collateral management, clearing and services

RBC launches collateral management solution
12 December 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Natalie Turner

RBC I&TS has launched a collateral management solution leveraging technology from CloudMargin via IHS Markit to tackle UMR challenges

Collateral is king for euro repo market functioning, says BIS
11 September 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BIS says segmentation along collateral lines has been strengthened investors are increasingly driven by investors in search of specific collateral rather than investors seeking funding

Morgan Stanley loses Picton and Furzer in restructuring effort
11 December 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morgan Stanley has told several members of its secured funding desk that their jobs are at risk, as part of a major restructuring effort, with Simon Picton and Paul Furzer the first names confirmed to have left

Jefferies hit with $4m fine for ADR mishandling
10 December 2019 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Jefferies has become the 14th entity to be fined by the US SEC for securities lending failures related to pre-released ADRs

EquiLend's Swaptimization goes live in US
10 December 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Swaptimization solution is now live in the US and will be available in Europe and Asia in 2020

RepoClear clears first variable rate repo indexed on €STR
09 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RepoClear has cleared its first Variable Rate Repo trade indexed on €STR, with Credit Suisse among the first participants to clear the new rate at the clearinghouse, LCH

ISLA weighs up ESG factors following GPIF’s sec lending removal
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Looking at short selling through an ESG lens could to a point be ‘misleading’ ISLA’s CEO says following GPIF’s decision to remove its securities lending programme

ESMA names Robert Ophèle acting chair of CCP supervisory committee
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The CCP supervisory committee is being established as part of the reform of the current regime for the authorisation, recognition and supervision of CCPs under EMIR 2.2