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Murex’s MX.3 goes live at Nationwide
17 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Murex's MX.3 front-to-back risk platform has gone live for Nationwide Building Society's treasury business

tZero to accept KodakCoin
17 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Blockchain platform tZero is set to include KodakCoin as its new platform’s first cryptocurrency

US class action lawsuit opens door to blockchain lending
16 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Blockchain startup Lendingblock is positioning itself to be an antidote to market problems identified in the ongoing US pension funds' class action lawsuit

Short selling receives green light in Kenya
16 January 2018 Nairobi
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Kenya is to launch a regulated short selling and securities lending service after it was given approval by the country’s Capital Markets Authority

Preparation, caution and improved NCB lending saves year-end repo
16 January 2018 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The improved securities lending programmes of EU national central banks has been praised by the industry as a crucial antidote to the year-end liquidity woes last month, according to ICMA

ISLA: German investment tax guidance overhaul is imminent
15 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

A revised draft to the German Investment Tax Act (GITA 2018) guidance notes is due within ten days, according to ISLA

BlackRock reports sec lending revenue rise
12 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

BlackRock’s securities lending revenue for Q4 2017 exceeded the previous year’s quarterly total by $12 million

Securities lending invaluable to insurers, says Swiss Re director
12 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Beneficial owners benefit from risk reduction, yield enhancement, and collateral, according to Swiss Re Group’s director of head of global collateral

ESMA reviews short selling rulebook
11 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bans on short selling should instead only stop further increasing of net short positions, according to ESMA in its latest short selling regulation release

Repo markets enhance OTC derivatives, says ICMA
11 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Godfried De Vidts made the statement in ICMA’s first 2018 quarter report

Shenzhen Stock Exchange expands shorting lists
10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has increased the number of underlying stocks available for margin trading and short selling

Hong Kong’s SFC revamps securities lending safeguards
10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has proposed additional safeguards on the use of securities lending, repo, and derivatives and added a new chapter on ETFs in a new consultation