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TriOptima and DTCC expand partnership to SFTR reporting
08 July 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The partnership allows market participants to compare and align records via DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service with their reported data fields in TriOptima's triResolve platform

Ideanomics fires back at short sellers’ accusations of misleading investors
08 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The fintech company refuted claims that it has less than three months operating cash, saying it has “sufficient cash” to maintain its operations for at least 12 months

European Investment Bank joins LCH as clearing member
08 July 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The European Investment Bank become first supranational institution to become a clearing member of LCH’s EU-facing repo service, RepoClear

Clearstream and LCH EquityClear collaborate on new post-trade connection
08 July 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearstream Banking S.A. and LCH have agreed to make LCH-cleared equities contracts eligible for settlement within Clearstream Banking S.A.

Pirum Systems CEO Rajen Sheth to hand the reins to Phil Morgan
07 July 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sheth, who has been CEO of Pirum since 2014, will remain on Pirum’s board and become president once Morgan takes over

Turkey bans six major investment banks from shorting
07 July 2020 Istanbul
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Barclays Capital are among several financial institutions to be temporarily banned from short selling by Turkey’s capital markets regulator

OCC completes next phase of liquidity enhancement plans
07 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC’s liquidity risk management framework aims to ensure that it holds sufficient qualified liquid resources to meet settlement obligations under “foreseeable stress scenarios”

CSDR and EMIR clash on derivatives, warn trade bodies
07 July 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Derivatives should be exempt from CSDR as settlement failure events are already covered by EMIR and other existing rules frameworks, says FIA and ISDA

ISLA produces CSDR FAQs
06 July 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The documents focus on how CSDR’s incoming mandatory buy-ins and cash penalty rules apply to securities lending transactions entered into under a GMSLA

HKEX launches first 10 MSCI futures contracts
06 July 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has launched its first 10 futures contracts in its index licensing agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International

OCC sees an upward trend in securities lending
03 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

OCC records an increase in securities lending central CCP activity again

Cowen Prime Services expands business development team
03 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Seasoned prime brokerage professional Michael Fitzgerald has joined Cowen as its newest prime services managing director