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CSDR: ICMA vows to continue push for buy-in amendments, despite ESMA brush off
21 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association says is it not put off by Steven Maijoor's hardball stance and will not give up lobbying for radical changes to CSDR's settlement discipline regime

Curation hires ex SBL senior executive for ESG platform sales chief
21 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Business risk-monitoring firm, Curation, has appointed Victoria Foster to head of sales for its new ESG risks platform

BlackRock sees bumper Q1 securities lending revenue
21 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The asset manager has chalked up its best Q1 earnings in several years, which contributed to its double-digit overall revenue growth

State Street’s securities finance business stumbles in Q1
21 April 2020 Boston
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US bank has failed to break $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time since 2014

ISDA releases initial margin survey results
20 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SDA’s new survey reveals 27 firms collected $183.7 billion of initial margin in 2019

BNY Mellon sees Q1 lending boost
20 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending revenue hit $46 million for Q1, up 15 percent from Q4 2019

COVID-19 has further exposed defective regulations, says ISLA CEO
20 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The CEO of the ISLA has called for post-financial crisis regulations that are currently damaging the very markets they are built to protect to be “revisited”

ECB provides temporary relief for capital requirements for market risk
20 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The decision will be reviewed after six months on the basis of observed volatility

European countries extend short-selling bans
17 April 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Five European countries have extended their short selling bans despite mounting pressure to scrap the restrictions put in place after a sharp market sell-off last month

IHS Markit to publish index-tracking lending revenue reports
17 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISLA are among those to welcome IHS Markit’s has new monthly performance benchmarking reports that measure securities lending returns in six MSCI global equity indices

LuxCSD receives CSDR licence
16 April 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LuxCSD has gained a licence to act as a central securities depository (CSD) under the Central Securities Depository Regulation.

MarketAxess expands STP business development team
16 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Paul Cannell joins the MarketAxess post-trade business as part of its STP business development team