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ECC: Buy-side side of coin is becoming increasingly complex
19 November 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The need for ‘collateral optimisation’ has reached the buy side for the first time and some are struggling to adapt, according to speakers at the Euroclear collateral conference in Brussels

J.P. Morgan grows Asian collateral team
19 November 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

J.P. Morgan has hired a former BNY Mellon executive to boost its Asian triparty collateral management platform sales team

UK CCPs to gain EU equivalency extension
18 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Commission’s vice president intends to lay down a proposal to renew the UK-EU CCP equivalence period beyond the March 2020 date, "to prepare for any eventuality"

ECC: UMR waves cause ripples in Asia
18 November 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The final phases of the Uncleared Margin Rules pose major challenges and bring global knock-on effects according to panellists at the Euroclear Collateral Conference

CSDR buy-in provisions delay “anticipated”
18 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CSDR’s buy-in provisions are unlikely to be implemented in September as scheduled due to “ technical” issues, according to ICMA

Women in Securities Finance group opens first European chapter
15 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The industry group has expanded its ranks with a second chapter based in London

Baton Systems and J.P. Morgan to automate derivatives margin payments
15 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Baton Systems has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to develop a distributed ledger technology platform to help redeploy cash and collateral balances more effectively to global clearinghouses

Euroclear Bank to connect to T2S platform
14 November 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“By connecting the [Euroclear] ecosystem to T2S, we are joining in on their ambition to foster new financing opportunities to finance growth in Europe,” Euroclear Collateral Conference speaker says

Cannabis stocks remain high as Beyond Meat bows out
14 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Beyond Meat no longer owns the highest stock borrow fee in the US market, but cannabis sector borrow fees are holding their ground

Aviva promotes from within for new sec finance trading chief
13 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Aviva Investors has promoted one of its securities finance traders to head of trading

ICMA: Don’t be fooled by the data, year-end risks lurk ahead
13 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The chair of ICMA’s ERCC delivered the stark warning alongside the association’s latest report on the European repo market, which showed a 5.6 percent year-on-year market growth from June 2018.

Citi launches UMR tool for buy side
13 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi can now help buy-side firms comply with IM requirements of the Uncleared Margin Rules through a new margin calculation services