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Bahrain to boost finance sector with short selling
25 March 2019 Manama
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued short selling and giving securities on loan to boost Bahrain’s finance sector

Six banks select IBM Blockchain World Wire
25 March 2019 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Six international banks have signed letters of intent to use IBM Blockchain World Wire

Global Collateral MTU community continues to grow
25 March 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral and DTCC have revealed that the margin transit utility (MTU) collateral settlement infrastructure community continues to grow

Wirecard ban is ‘bizarre’ and ‘backwards’, claims Fahmi Quadir
22 March 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BaFin’s recent halt of short selling on Wirecard has come under criticism from short seller and CIO of Safkhet Capital Management, Fahmi Quadir

Basel Committee appoints Carolyn Rogers
22 March 2019 Basel
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Industry veteran with 20 years of executive management experience in the financial services industry has joined the Basel Committee

Level II SFTR legislation enters Official Journal of the EU
22 March 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Legislation covering the SFTR has entered the Official Journal of the EU, making it official law

Central Bank of Ireland approves EquiLend MTF
22 March 2019 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Central Bank of Ireland has approved EquiLend Limited, to operate a multilateral trading facility in Ireland

Eurex sees volumes in repo rise
21 March 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Six weeks into Eurex’s Repo Partnership Program, Eurex sees a solid basis to accelerate further growth

Hikes to halt for 2019, Fed indicates
21 March 2019 Washington
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Fed has indicated that there will be no more hikes ahead this year and explained their wait-and-see approach to changes

ASIFMA proposes workable sec lending regime in China
20 March 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The implementation of a workable securities lending regime in China would be helpful, according to ASIFMA

SmartStream partners with Cassini Systems for initial margin
20 March 2019 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SmartStream’s TLM Collateral Management will provide clients with automated data management to reduce operational risks associated with collateral management

BCBS releases Basel III monitoring exercise results
20 March 2019 Basel
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Changes in the minimum required capital from fully phased-in final Basel III “remain stable for large internationally active banks compared with end 2017, leaving the recently recalibrated market risk standards aside”, BCBS says