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ISLA lists top five priorities in new manifesto
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SFTR data issues and supply of securities within the CMU27 were some of the top priorities on ISLA list

Euroclear Bank obtains CSDR licence
05 December 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Euroclear Bank has received a CSDR licence from its respective market regulator

MiFID II reporting quality and process struggles continue
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Firms are still struggling with reporting quality and process in relation to MiFID II, according to Cappitech second annual MiFID II and Best Execution Survey

Tesla CEO calls for short selling ban
05 December 2019 Palo Alto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

S3 Partners‚managing director defended short selling, says it is ‚legit, needed and necessary‚to market liquidity

Nomura names new chair and board of directors for 2020
04 November 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nomura has made a series of management changes including appointing a new board chair and director

OCC’s securities lending activity down for November
04 December 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCC’s securities lending CCP new loans activity has decreased compared with November 2018

World’s largest pension fund scraps securities lending programme
03 December 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Japan’s public pension fund has called time on its securities lending programme citing a lack of market transparency as making it incompatible with its stewardship responsibilities

HQLAᵡ goes live with first trades
03 December 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS are among the first to have executed live transactions on HQLAᵡ’s DLT securities lending platform

Canadian commodities lobby group takes aim at “predatory” short sellers
02 December 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canada’s market regulator is facing pressure to bring back an uptick rule to limit short selling of ‘junior markets’ stocks as part of a campaign to curb “predatory” trading activities

Deutsche Boerse CSDR buy-in agent gains Deutsche Bank veteran
29 November 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Boerse’s new buy-in agent has lured Marko Niederheide away from Deutsche Bank after 23 years with the bank

US equity lending relies on fewer hot stocks, says IHS Markit
29 November 2019 London
Reporter: Guest writer: Sam Pierson, of IHS Markit

IHS Markit’s Sam Pierson reviews how the top-10 hottest US equities have dominated annual lending revenues in 2019 like we haven't seen in several years

ISLA releases SFTR report modeller
28 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ISLA has launched a report modeller for SFTR to help members meet new trade reporting obligations due in April 2020