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IMN: Regulation replaces technology as main disruptor
06 February 2019 Fort Lauderdale
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Regulation will be the biggest disruptor this year, replacing technology and macroeconomics, one panellist said at this year’s IMN Beneficial Owners' International Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference

IMN: Beneficial owners need to be quick to notice market changes
06 February 2019 Fort Lauderdale
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Beneficial owners need to be active in managing their programme so that they are quicker to notice market changes, a panellist advises at IMN's Beneficial Owners' International Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference

FCA to improve shareholder engagement
05 February 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Financial Conduct Authority has published a new consultation paper on proposals to improve shareholder engagement

ESMA to recognise UK CCPs and CSD in no-deal Brexit scenario
05 February 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Securities Markets Authority has agreed a deal with the Bank of England for the recognition of CCPs and of the CSD established in the UK, should there be a no-deal Brexit scenario

AxiomSL promotes Joao Serodio to SFTR product manager
05 February 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

AxiomSL has promoted Joao Serodio as product manager for the trade and transaction suite, including the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation solution

Dinosaur Bank hires new securities finance head
05 February 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Dinosaur Merchant Bank has appointed Andrew Truman-Williams as its new head of European portfolio and securities finance businesses, based in London

Global Markets Incubator selects Wematch
04 February 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Société Générale’s Global Markets Incubator has selected Wematch Equity Derivatives, and a further five fintech companies, to join its market activities open innovation platform

OCC’s securities lending CCP activity down
04 February 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OCC's securities lending CCP activity was down 1.5 percent in new loans from January 2018 with 114,940 transactions last month

EquiLend partners with Stonewain
04 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EquiLend has partnered with Stonewain to offer securities finance market participants the ability to manage their book of business on a single and integrated platform

ESMA eases no-Brexit deal uncertainty
01 February 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA’s agrees a deal with FCA that removes uncertainty for the worst-case scenario, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) reveals

China to combine QFII and RQFII
01 February 2019 Beijing
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

China is set to improve QFII and RQFII schemes and consolidate them into one, in order to promote steady and sound developments of capital markets

GFF: HQLA demand in supply chain to increase
31 January 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Some 27 percent of delegates said that over the next two years, the demand for high-quality liquid assets in the value chain will significantly increase, it was revealed at this year’s GFF Summit