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SFTS: Securities finance needs standardisation
29 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Securities finance-as-a-service, golden source transaction records and standardisation are areas of particular interest as the industry looks to the future, panelists said

SFTS: 2023 could see the return of pre-2008 crisis markets
25 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Collateral scarcity may no longer be a talking point for the industry in 2023 and market participants could begin to see a return to pre-financial crisis markets, said Gareth Jones, CEO of Euroclear GlobalCollateral

SFTS: Repo market is crucially important and prone to vulnerabilities
24 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo is the cornerstone of the financial system, a market which has become essential for liquidity and collateral management — “if the repo market does not work, none of it works,” said ICMA senior director Andy Hill

“Nothing moves that quickly” when it comes to regulation, SFT Technology Symposium panelist says
23 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Lucy Carter

During the ‘Regulation’ panel, speakers discussed the current state of regulation in the industry, including the relationships between regulators and the market, what clients are looking for and what might lie ahead

FSB publishes unchanged list of 30 global systemically important banks
21 November 2022 Basel
Reporter: Bob Currie

This G-SIB classification is based on bank data for the end of 2021 and, for the first time, applies a revised assessment methodology published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2018

Astana exchange applies Exactpro’s testing framework for cloud-native Repo Market
17 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

To help increase the operational resilience of AIX’s Repo Market and provide information on its quality, Exactpro used th2 — a Kubernetes-driven microservices framework for functional and non-functional testing

European financial authorities gather evidence on greenwashing
16 November 2022 Europe
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA, EBA and EIOPA have launched a call for information closing on 10 January, recognising that a better understanding of greenwashing practices will help to inform policy making and strengthen sustainability-related claims in financial services

Budh-Raja becomes first female chair at ISLA
03 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Budh-Raja will chair the association’s board of directors for the next three years, alongside the newly elected group, which consists of Jonathan Lombardo, Alessandro Cozzani and Philip Winter

Global securities lending revenue drops 5% YoY for October, says DataLend
03 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities finance industry generated US$781 million in revenue for lenders in October 2022, representing a 5 per cent decrease year-over-year from the US$821 million generated in October 2021

ISLA pinpoints key focus areas for the industry in new whitepaper
31 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The International Securities Lending Association and Linklaters has published a new whitepaper “The Future of the Securities Lending Market: On the Cusp of Transformation” which reveals opportunities for the market and pinpoints areas for improvement

FCA to deploy expanded technology solutions
31 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

In a speech by FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi, the authority highlighted a need for better regulatory and risk reporting as the organisation releases its Big Tech consultation paper and announced its work with the BoE on a future framework for AI

ISDA publishes recommendations for future of EU derivatives clearing
21 October 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

The trade association’s proposals aim to encourage a wider range of firms to clear derivatives transactions in Europe, to provide a competitive advantage for EU-based central counterparties, and to remove unnecessary barriers to clearing in Europe