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Ivno completes first global token trial on R3’s Corda
18 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The size, scale and success of the Ivno Global Trial validated Ivno's technology and financial design and confirmed the desire and demand for live deployment" says Daniel Halstead, Ivno's co-founder

SEC seeks action against 18 traders in stock manipulation scheme
18 October 2019 Washington
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The SEC’s Joseph G. Sansone says “We allege that defendants engaged in an extensive manipulation scheme and went to great lengths to evade detection”

LCH expands FX offering
17 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH has expanded its deliverable foreign exchange offering to include FX forwards

US Treasury and RMA join forces on new securities lending tax guidance
16 October 2019 RMA 2019
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The RMA is hopeful that a recent meeting with senior figures at the US Department of the Treasury will result in new guidance on the current interpretation of historic tax laws

French withholding tax confusion to be resolved this year
16 October 2019 RMA 2019
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The French tax and regulatory authority is expected to publish new guidance by the end of the year to dispel market uncertainty around the country’s withholding tax on manufactured payments.

Beyond Meat retains title of most-expensive short
16 October 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Shares in Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles-based producer of plant-based meat substitute products are paying just under $3.6 million per day in stock borrow financing fees

Clearstream global securities financing September figures increase
16 October 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearstream monthly figures for September have revealed an increase in global securities financing compared to the same period last year

B. Riley FBR, Inc. takes on new recruit from SocGen
16 October 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

B. Riley FBR, Inc. has named its new director of securities lending, based in New York

CMF: "Data is the new gold"
15 October 2019 Amsterdam
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Firms will never access the full potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence without firm harnessing vast quantities of data

CMF: "SaaS solutions are key for reducing costs" speaker says
15 October 2019 Amsterdam
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SaaS solutions can provide operational and economical workflow optimisation which will be a vital piece of the puzzle for reducing costs for regulations such as SFTR, says a Fleming Collateral Management Forum banking panellist

ISLA looks towards a new chapter beyond post-crisis regulation
14 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ISLA is creating a manifesto on how its role in the securities lending market will change once the last of the post-crisis regulations are in place

CMF: “Increasing regulation will backfire at some stage”
11 October 2019 Amsterdam
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Panellists and audience members got into a heated debate on the pros and cons of the increasingly strict regulatory environment