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Malaysia Capital Market to strengthen collaboration with China
05 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Securities Commission Malaysia is set to strengthen closer collaboration between Malaysian and Chinese capital markets to benefit both economies

ISLA: Saudi Stock Exchange to formalise short selling rules
05 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Saudi’s Stock Exchange has published securities lending market consultations, ISLA revealed

Global securities lending revenues down for Q2
05 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Global securities lending revenue totalled $2.6 billion, down 10 percent of the average Q2 revenue over the last three years, according to Sam Pierson of IHS Markit

SEC proposes adjustment to minimum margin requirements
04 July 2019 Washington DC
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed to align the minimum margin required on security futures with other similar financial products

ISLA ramps up SFTR preparation
04 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In preparation for SFTR, ISLA has decomplexified corporate actions

SC Malaysia alerts investors of unauthorised ICOs
04 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Securities Commission Malaysia has cautioned public investors against unauthorised initial coin offerings

Buy-side firms must demonstrate ‘readiness’ to LIBOR implications
03 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SimCorp and EY say buy-side firms must demonstrate executive ownership and readiness to address the implications of LIBOR reform

ESMA launches formal inquiry on NCAs’ supervisory experiences
03 July 2019 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has launched an inquiry to gather further evidence from NCAs on WHT reclaim schemes

Exclusive: Delta Capita, Pirum and IHS Markit collaborate on SFTR Testing
03 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Delta Capita, Pirum Systems and IHS Markit are collaborating with an industry testing consortium to help firms meet Securities Financing Transactions Regulation requirements

Eurex Repo figures report upward trend
02 July 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Eurex Repo saw an overall increase in average outstanding volume in both its markets in comparison to June last year

OCC’s securities lending CCP activity down for June
02 July 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCC’s securities lending CCP activity down 10.6 percent in new loans from June 2018

Simone Broadfield joins J.P. Morgan
02 July 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Simone Broadfield has joined J.P. Morgan as the APAC head of agency securities lending trading