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ISLA weighs up ESG factors following GPIF’s sec lending removal
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Looking at short selling through an ESG lens could to a point be ‘misleading’ ISLA’s CEO says following GPIF’s decision to remove its securities lending programme

ESMA names Robert Ophèle acting chair of CCP supervisory committee
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The CCP supervisory committee is being established as part of the reform of the current regime for the authorisation, recognition and supervision of CCPs under EMIR 2.2

ISLA lists top five priorities in new manifesto
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SFTR data issues and supply of securities within the CMU27 were some of the top priorities on ISLA list

Euroclear Bank obtains CSDR licence
05 December 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Euroclear Bank has received a CSDR licence from its respective market regulator

MiFID II reporting quality and process struggles continue
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Firms are still struggling with reporting quality and process in relation to MiFID II, according to Cappitech second annual MiFID II and Best Execution Survey

Tesla CEO calls for short selling ban
05 December 2019 Palo Alto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

S3 Partners‚managing director defended short selling, says it is ‚legit, needed and necessary‚to market liquidity

Nomura names new chair and board of directors for 2020
04 November 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nomura has made a series of management changes including appointing a new board chair and director

OCC’s securities lending activity down for November
04 December 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCC’s securities lending CCP new loans activity has decreased compared with November 2018

World’s largest pension fund scraps securities lending programme
03 December 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Japan’s public pension fund has called time on its securities lending programme citing a lack of market transparency as making it incompatible with its stewardship responsibilities

HQLAᵡ goes live with first trades
03 December 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS are among the first to have executed live transactions on HQLAᵡ’s DLT securities lending platform

Canadian commodities lobby group takes aim at “predatory” short sellers
02 December 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canada’s market regulator is facing pressure to bring back an uptick rule to limit short selling of ‘junior markets’ stocks as part of a campaign to curb “predatory” trading activities

Broadridge bolsters buy-side business team
02 December 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Broadridge's new appointment will be working in strategy and business development to support the buy-side business globally