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MiFID II comes in to play
03 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MiFID II places responsibility on the lender for ensuring that a borrower of safe custody assets provides appropriate collateral and accounts for value variables during the borrow period

OneChicago sees December volume fall
03 January 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

OneChicago has blamed discrepancies between EU and US margin rules for just under 25 percent drop off trading volumes during December 2017

Asian banks systemic risk on the rise
02 January 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OFR reports systemic importance scores for Asian banks rose for a second year in a row, while G-SIB growth remains steady

ESMA review finds good supervision of CCPs’ DMP
22 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

ESMA has issued the results of a peer review on how national competent authorities ensure that CCPs comply with requirements under the EMIR

EU recognises equivalence of Swiss trading venues under MiFID II
21 December 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The resolution solves one of the major concerns on the continent ahead of the MiFID II regulation coming into force

ICMA updates European repo guidelines
21 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

ICMA’s IRCC has updated its guide for best practice in the European Repo Market

Clearstream GSF drops in November
20 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Clearstream’s global securities financing average volume fell by 8 percent in November, compared to the same time in 2016

ISLA gains last-minute concessions on GITA 2018
20 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The German Ministry of Finance is considering an overhaul of the upcoming GITA 2018 on manufactured dividends ahead of the 1 January deadline

ISLA hosts first Middle East roundtable
19 December 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The increasing dominance of the region in the global financial market raises the industry interest

Startup investment platform scraps fees in favour of securities lending revenue
19 December 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new model means the startup will instead rely on revenue generated from back-end services such as securities lending and repo.

Citi and CME Clearing launch collateral DLT platform
18 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The blockchain software aims to reduce margin cost

South Africa extends code of conduct consultation deadline
18 December 2017 Pretoria
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Registrar of Securities Services has proposed a new code of conduct for a renewed deadline for comment