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Bloomberg adds Credit Benchmark’s assessment data to dashboard
05 November 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Credit Benchmark’s data tools are now embedded into the Bloomberg Terminal to help market participants assess the credit quality or risk of default of a counterparty, company or entity

Should the market have opted for a standardised SFTR solution?
05 November 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Panellists at the SLT Securities Finance Technology Symposium discussed the long journey leading to the various SFTR solutions we see today and pondered whether a standardised solution should have been implemented

ISLA to combine ESG initiatives after ICSF closure
04 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has invited all relevant council members and partners to join its ESG working groups after the council is wound down and says it will take on the mantle of its work in advancing the sustainability agenda

Deal or no deal, we will see regulatory divergence after Brexit, says panellists
04 November 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Securities Finance Technology Symposium panellists from international trade repositories discussed how the challenges of the first three phases of SFTR were met and what the future holds after Brexit

Credit Suisse goes live with the Torstone SaaS platform
04 November Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) has a dedicated securities finance system that will now feed into the Torstone platform, which is the core books & records for the equities business, capturing all trades

Wirecard: German regulators failed to heed red flags by short sellers
04 November 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has published its assessment of the events leading to the collapse of Wirecard and the effectiveness of the supervisory response by Germany’s BaFin and FREP

Eurex Clearing expands incentives to switch OTC swap portfolios into the EU
03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Eurex Clearing is offering a complete waiver of booking fees for OTC interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps to entice banks and buy-side members to move their portfolios

Many firms remain “in the dark” on new SFTR reporting rules, says Cappitech
03 November 2020 Herzliya, Israel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A lack of expertise around SFTR is among the securities finance industry’s biggest challenges and causes of concern highlighted in Cappitech's third annual global survey

Eurex Repo introduces a new standardised Green Bond GC Basket
03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Green Bond GC Basket encompasses euro-denominated debt securities that are issued in adherence with guidelines for sustainable bonds

HSBC completes first securities loans by an offshore investor in China
02 November 2020 Shanghai
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Foreign investors are now able to engage in securities financing in Mainland China under the newly-reformed QFII scheme, with HSBC and Citi among the first custodians to facilitate trades

AllianzGI to exit securities lending
02 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment management and insurance firm will close its securities lending desk in London by the end of 2020, less than a year after launching its in-house programme

Citibank facilitates SBL trades in China A-share market under new QFII
02 November 2020 Shanghai
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citibank is among the first custodians to complete a securities lending transaction in the China A-share market under the reformed Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors scheme which went live on 1 November