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Be ready to use flexibility to provide liquidity in implementing SFTR
21 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Firms must be ready to use flexibility to provide liquidity for all the maturities in securities finance transactions

State Street reveals SWFs are adopting new asset utilisation techniques
20 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street Corporation and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds has released a new research paper, in which half of the IFSWF’s member organisations surveyed said they are currently engaged in securities lending

Repo a potential threat to financial stability
19 November 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The vulnerability of repos to runs and fire sales poses potential threats to financial stability, according to a Financial Year 2018 report released by the Office of Financial Research

Swift report: Securities market “most at-risk” from cyber attack
19 November 2018 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The securities market is one of the most at-risk areas from cyber attacks, according to Swift and BAE Systems in a recent report on how cyber attacks could target the world’s financial markets

Euroclear: AI provides endless use cases
19 October 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Artificial intelligence provides “endless use cases”, according to panellists at this year’s Euroclear Collateral conference

Euroclear: There is less pressure towards clearing
16 November 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

There is “less pressure” towards clearing at the moment, according to panellists at this year’s Euroclear Collateral conference

Euroclear: Regulation gave a boost to the securities finance market
16 November 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Regulation has given a boost to the securities finance market, according to panellists at this year’s Euroclear Collateral conference in Brussels

Adrian Dale joins ISLA
15 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has appointed Adrian Dale as director of regulatory policy and market practice

UK Government Brexit withdrawal agreement provides ‘sensible period’ for UK firms
15 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The UK Government’s draft Brexit withdrawal agreements provides a “sensible period” for firms to make necessary changes for operating from the UK as a third country, rather than as an EU member state

Gareth Mitchell joins Elixium
15 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Gareth Mitchell has joined Elixium as global head of client relations

LCH SwapAgent completes its first swaption trade
15 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, has processed its first swaption trade

NSD repo transactions hit $87 billion in Q3
15 November 2018 Moscow
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The National Settlement Depository found the value of repo transactions reached RUB 5.9 trillion ($87 billion) in Q3 2018