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Pass test to invest, South Korean regulator tells retail short sellers
20 April 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Alex Pugh

FSC finalises rules and safeguards for novice securities lending and short selling market participants ahead of 3 May go-live

Exclusive: BMO exits agency lending
16 April 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

MUFG has inked a deal with BMO to acquire its agency lending clients in a move that will significantly bolster its North American footprint

ISLA publishes new GMSLA legal opinion for Belgium
15 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Freshfields has supplied a final bankruptcy remoteness opinion under Belgian law to support the pledge version of the GMSLA

FSB produces first SFT FAQ to promote data alignment
13 April 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The international supervisory body is targeting greater transparency and data standardisation across global SFT markets with a new FAQ document focused on collateral reporting

Citi enhances securities data platform with ESG scores incorporation
09 April 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has developed new visualisation tools to analyse multiple sustainability measures provided on a daily basis by Arabesque S-Ray

State Street’s James Curtis to join Fidelity’s agency lending trading division
08 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The securities finance trader joined the American multinational financial services firm this month

Securities finance revenues up 10% YoY Q1, says DataLend
01 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

IPOs, SPACs and the January short squeeze event are to thank for the 8 per cent equities revenue uplift compared to the same time last year

J.P. Morgan executes first TRS via Tradeweb based on IHS Markit iBoxx index
29 Mar 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan has completed the first fully electronic standardised total return swap based on IHS Markit’s iBoxx USD Liquid High Grade Index, through the Tradeweb Swap Execution Facility

Thoma Bravo acquires Calypso
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Calypso’s technology allows its world-class customer base to navigate the highly complex and regulated capital markets with greater transparency and lower costs," says Thoma Bravo's Holden Spaht

SLR exemptions will lapse, Fed says
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The nation’s federal banking regulator is considering tweaking 2014’s supplementary leverage ratio

CSDR: there are yet to be changes in industry behaviour
23 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

While BNY Mellon's Martin Smith notes that the penalty regime is fairly understood, he highlights that there is a question mark over what is going to happen with the buy ins

Exclusive: Kayenta goes live
23 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A team of capital markets veterans including Matthew Peakman, Chris Hagstrom and Mark Toone are unveiling Kayenta, a fintech promising to bring efficiency to the hedge fund treasury functions with a focus on reducing the cost of financing