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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

Central banks to offer US dollar funding via daily swap lines
20 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As of 23 March, banks will be able to access daily US dollar funding via seven-day maturity operations offered by the ECB, US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, among other central banks

US equity shorts deliver alpha
20 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deepening sell-off in US equities has presented opportunities for long-short managers, with the most heavily shorted shares underperforming the broader market, says Sam Pierson of IHS Markit

Central banks join forces to provide fresh dollar and euro liquidity
20 March 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Central bank across the world, including the US Federal Reserve, the ECB, BoJ and BoE, have begun a coordinated action to ensure euro and US dollar liquidity is boosted to combat widespread market disruption

DTCC begins SFTR pre-production testing
20 March 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The post-trade services provider has opened its SFTR production environment for pre-production testing