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Exclusive: DZ PRIVATBANK chooses deltaconX platform for SFTR reporting
05 May 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

deltaconX has secured the first Luxembourg-based user of its regulatory platform for SFTR reporting

Bloomberg appoints former SBL executive in emerging markets role
05 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Ravi Kotecha, former executive director of Sberbank, has been appointed as emerging workflow specialist for Bloomberg

ECB steps up liquidity support with new operations
04 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank is launching a new series of longer-term refinancing operations, called pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations, to provide banks with further liquidity support

IHS Markit acquires Catena Technologies
04 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of IHS Markit, Catena will be able to offer customers a single-vendor solution that integrates transaction reporting with other post-trade and compliance workflows

AFME warns ESMA to not be overzealous in MiFIR reforms
04 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AFME has cautioned ESMA to avoid creating a disproportionate reporting burden on third-country firms that would discourage them from activities in the EU, as part of its response to ESMA's consultation paper on the provision of investment services an

ISLA bolsters pledge GMSLA with new legal opinions
01 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The opinions on bankruptcy remoteness support ISLA’s collateral pledge GMSLA by assessing the nature of the borrower’s rights in the pledged collateral and the impact on those rights of the insolvency of the custodian and the lender

BIS: The rules are working but the war isn’t over yet
01 May 2020 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A new BIS paper reviews the effectiveness of post-crisis regulations in improving banks’ and CCPs’ ability to absorb market shocks, as well as identifying areas for improvement

MarketAxess reports record-breaking revenue and volumes in Q1
01 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

“During this market disruption, credit trading volumes reached record levels in March, and electronic trading market share on MarketAxess increased,” says MarketAxess CEO

HSBC pauses job cuts and restructures
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC's staff restructuring has been put on ice while it deals with the COVID-19 market disruption

WFE goes to bat for short sellers again
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The WFE concludes that the evidence “almost unanimously” points towards short selling bans being disruptive for the orderly functioning of markets

Canadian pension plans suffer biggest returns decline for more than a decade in Q1
30 April 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe has experienced the steepest decline since 2008

REGIS-TR partners with Sensiple for SFTR platform integration
30 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sensiple, a US regtech firm, has inked deals with REGIS-TR and UniVista to provide its buy-side clients with an end-to-end automated reporting solution for SFTR