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ESMA: EU market vulnerable to HQLA shortage
18 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A bear market may cause tension in some asset market segments due to a scarcity of high-quality collateral, according to the European Securities Markets Authority...

Overgrown hedge fund numbers facing major pruning
18 March 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The number of hedge fund closures in 2015 was at its highest level since the financial crisis, while the number of new launches was at its lowest since 2010, according to a Hedge Fund Research (HFR) Market Microstructure Report...

Taiwan: Sec lending ETFs barred from currency reform
17 March 2016 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Exchange-traded funds involved in securities lending have been excluded from the latest round of regulatory reforms from the Taiwan Stock Exchange on dual-currency trading mechanisms...

Deutsche Börse and LSEG reach merger agreement
16 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse have reached an agreement on the terms of an all-share merger of equals, which will not be dependent on the outcome of the UK’s European Union referendum...

EU and US adopt CCP equivalence
16 March 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has formally acknowledged US central counterparty (CCP) regulation as equivalent to the EU...

Bears on the rampage in London
15 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers are turning their attention to London’s luxury property market after the five-year growth of high-end housing finally faltered, according to Markit...

ESMA welcomes industry comment on SFTR
15 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has released a discussion paper on the level two measures of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation...

Market rotation sees CTA revenue stumble
14 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commodity trading advisors the stellar performers of the first two months of 2016, have had to hand back some of their gains, according to the Lyxor Weekly Brief...

Participants falls but value grows for BM&F Bovespa
11 March 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazil’s central counterparty BM&F Bovespa’s securities lending participants is at its lowest level since 2002, according to the CCP’s monthly report...

Clearstream sees GSF fall in Feb
10 March 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) services fell by 15 percent year-to-year for February...

Liquidity Alliance launches new platform
10 March 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Liquidity Alliance has rolled out a new browser-based customer platform...

Taiwan relaxes SBL rules further
09 March 2016 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) will now allow brokers to borrow securities directly from customers and extend the rollover limit from once to twice, from 1 February, as part of a major overhaul of its securities lending framework...