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S3: Alibaba largest but least profitable HK\China short
11 March 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

S3 analytics find that Alibaba is the largest and least profitable HK/China short, and short sellers severely underperformed the HK\China markets

HKEX signs licence agreement with MSCI
11 March 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HKEX sign licence agreement with MSCI to launch MSCI China A Index Futures

Euroclear sees increase in net profit
11 March 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear’s net profit was up 36 percent to €322 million, as of 31 December 2018

Securities lending no longer ‘closed secret door’
11 March 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Discussing the borrower and lender relationship in securities lending, one panellist at PASLA said securities lending is no longer that closed secret door where everyone is trying to get one up on everyone else

Rakuten Securities bolsters team
11 March 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Rakuten Securities has bolstered its team with the appointment of Tomoaki Kinoshita

Firms must use available tools to mitigate CSDR implementation impact
08 March 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

It is vital that firms utilise currently available tools to mitigate the impact of CSDR on legacy upgrades and technology solutions, according to Robert Frost and James Bell of Pirum.

ESMA explains no-deal Brexit effect on OTC trade reporting
08 March 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Anne Plested comments on ESMA's statement on OTC trade reporting suggest that a situation could occur leading to the problem of dual reporting

FINRA fines Cantor Fitzgerald over short selling
08 March 2019 Washington
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

FINRA fines Cantor Fitzgerald $2 million for regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures including violations over short selling regulation

BCBS and IOSCO provide phase-in update
07 March 2019 Basel
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Significant progress has been made to implement the framework for margin requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions

PASLA: CCPs are a natural evolution of the industry
07 March 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CCPs are a natural evolution of the industry, one panellist said at the PASLA/RMA conference in Sydney

PASLA: Participants call for more liquidity in China
07 March 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The industry would like to see more liquidity in China, according to an audience poll at the PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending

Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse use DLT for repo transaction
07 March 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse have used distributed ledger technology to execute a legally binding settlement of a repo transaction for the first time