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Delta Capita grows SFTR team
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new member of the SFTR test consortium team will help to define business scenarios and regulatory traceability for the industry standard test pack

deltaconX partners with KRM22
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KRM22 will utilise deltaconX's platform to help firms meet regulatory reporting requirements, such as SFTR

SFTR delay rumours are premature, warns ISLA CEO
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

It is too soon to speculate on a delay to SFTR's 2020 deadline as the level three text is not yet public, according to ISLA's CEO Andrew Dyson

Lago Kapital enters Denmark
08 November 2019 Helsinki
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Lago Kapital is now a direct member of Nasdaq Copenhagen, which allows it to serve clients in Denmark with its automated liquidity providing service

SEC issues three-year extension of MiFID II relief
07 November 2019 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The US SEC has issued an extension of a no-action letter it provided to assist market participants regarding their US-regulated activities for MiFID II research

Malaysia tests "first-of-its-kind" sec lending blockchain PoC
07 November 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bursa Malaysia said the PoC represents the beginning of “a longer-term holistic roadmap that leverages emerging technology to address challenges in the securities lending market”.

IHS Markit and Pirum Systems adds UTI sharing service to SFTR solution
06 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“As we learned with EMIR, UTI sharing can be a major challenge for firms and regulators as they aim to get a meaningful view of all the data submitted to trade repositories,'' says IHS Markit’s Pierre Khemdoudi

EquiLend sets deadline for SFTR solution sign-up
06 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EquiLend has warned prospective users of its SFTR reporting service that they must commit to its solution by 15 November in order to be fully prepared for the regulation’s go-live in April 2020

IHS Markit brings in ex ABN AMRO VP for sec lending
06 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit has added to its securities finance team and has also announced changes to its board

SFTR XML schemas arrives late and defective
06 November 2019 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry figures fear déjà vu on regulatory reporting difficulties for SFTR as ESMA belatedly publishes the third draft of its XML schemas, despite it not being ISO-approved and known defects remaining in several messages

DeltaOne’s Jonathan Addy joins ULTUMUS
05 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Jonathan Addy has left his role at DeltaOne, part of IHS Markit, to become a senior technical architect for ETF data services at ULTUMUS

ISLA brings in fresh faces to new board
04 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ISLA has revealed a roster of new names will be joining its board this month, which its returning chair describes as “by far the most diverse ISLA has experienced”