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SIX Group gains Spanish authorities approval for BME acquisition
26 March 2020 Zürich
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SIX said it intends to “preserve and strengthen BME’s position in Spain by maintaining its brands, current business activities, headquarters and office locations, and by investing in new technologies and growth opportunities”

ESMA scraps SFTR backloading requirements
26 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has clarified that it will not enforce SFTR’s backloading requirement

Bank of Japan takes further action on repo market
26 March 2020 Japan
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of Japan is expanding its securities lending programme aimed at stabilising money markets

Delta Capita secures $150 million investment
25 March 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Delta Capita Group has sealed a $150 million investment deal with Prytek Holdings

The Bank of England launches new term repo facility
25 March 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In response to financial market conditions, the Bank of England is activating a Contingent Term Repo Facility to inject liquidity over Q2 quarter-end

No evidence short selling drives market falls, says UK’s FCA
24 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

“All too often in the past regulators immediately introduced short selling bans on an assumption that they are significantly contributing to market volatility,” says Sarah Nicholson, director of Consolo

SEBI curbs derivatives shorts
24 March 2020 India
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SEBI curb short selling transactions

Stonewain welcomes two new project managers
24 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Stonewain appoints two new senior project managers

German industry body fires back against calls for EU-wide short selling ban
23 March 2020 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment funds association BVI is the latest to question the effectiveness of short selling bans after a week of EU regulators acting to shield local equities from the COVID-19 market chaos

Austrian FMA prohibits short selling
23 March 2020 Austria
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Austrian financial markets regulator joins other EU markets in banning short selling

Greece imposes one-month short selling ban
23 March 2020 Athens
Reporter: Natalie Turner

HCMC prohibits trades taking short positions on the shares on the Athens Stock Exchange in response to COVID-19

UK FCA clarifies SFTR backloading start date following three-month delay
20 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put to bed market concerns around how the unofficial three-month delay directed by ESMA yesterday will affect SFTR’s backloading requirements