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GPFA targets membership growth
01 September 2020 Ontario
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The CalPERS-backed association says it has received a deluge of interest from other beneficial owners since launching in July

Exclusive: Sunil Daswani takes the reins at Standard Chartered
31 August 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Daswani has begun a new role as global head of agency securities lending, based in London

Exclusive: Introducing Raising Castle
31 August 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new fintech firm has hit the market with an ambitious suite of services starting with a fully-customisable trading dashboard that connects to the market’s various service and data providers to integrate an approach of AR trading dedicated to OTC

CSDR's SDR delay ‘a positive step’ for the industry
28 August 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

A further delay to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation's settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022 has been welcomed by industry participants

Steinberg departs J.P. Morgan
28 August 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Agency securities lending relationship manager and vice president Rene Steinberg departs J.P. Morgan

Northern Trust hires securities lending veteran
28 August 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Northern Trust hires former JP Morgan vice president Claire Davis as a specialist product manager

DAX 50 ESG Index licenced to Raiffeisen Centrobank
28 August 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Qontigo has licensed the DAX 50 environmental social and governance Index to the Austrian Raiffeisen Centrobank as an underlying for a certificate

ESMA further postpones implementation of CSDR SDR until 2022
28 August 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has published a final report on draft RTS to postpone the implementation of the CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022

Cappitech facilitates the first data porting for CME clients to REGIS-TR
27 August 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CME will cease to offer TR services under EMIR as of November and its clients are scrambling to secure a new home for their data

South Korea short selling ban extended to 2021
27 August 2020 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial Services Commission cited concerns over fresh market volatility caused by a second wave of COVID-19 infections and plans to ratchet up penalties on illegal short selling activities

SIX reports favourable H1 2020 figures
27 August 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SIX has reported a total operating income of CHF 624.1 million ($686.2 million) for H1 2020, marking a year-on-year 7.6 percent increase despite global market turmoil and volatility

Thailand's SEC to relax repo rules
26 August 2020 Thailand
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Thailand SEC to allow repo and reverse repo trades by retail investors