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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

JPMorgan Chase appoints new head of prime finance technology
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

JPMorgan Chase lures away Credit Suisse senior executive to lead its prime finance technology business

AcadiaSoft partners with Margin Reform & Margin Tonic to support UMR compliance
29 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Margin Reform and Margin Tonic will offer consulting services to AcadiaSoft clients ahead of the final phases of UMR

As ESG grows, liquidity could wither, warns State Street
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A growing number of asset owners and managers are voicing concerns that securities lending undermines their ability to exercise proper stewardship on underlying investments, finds a new State Street research paper.

ABN AMRO hires securities finance consultant
29 April 2020 Amsterdam
Reporter: Natalie Turner

AMRO Clearing Bank has welcomed back Reza Lilipaly as an analyst focused on its securities finance activities