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Financial firms at risk of MiFID II penalties
06 July 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Some 40 percent of financial firms are at risk of penalties related to MiFID II, research from TeleWare has revealed

Standard Chartered facilitates DGCX collateral expansion
06 July 2018 Dubai
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange and its central counterparty subsidiary, Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation, is now allowing clearing members to deliver eligible global securities as collateral

Al Ramz given sec lending licence from ADX
06 July 2018 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Al Ramz Capital, a subsidiary of Al Ramz Corporation Investments and Developments PJSC, has obtained a licence for securities lending and borrowing from the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

‘Exciting time’ to be in capital markets, says ICMA chair
05 July 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Brian Bollen

In her debut foreword as ICMA’s chair, as part of ICMA’s Q3 report, DeFillipo cited regulatory changes, the emergence of new market participants and Brexit as key drivers of this excitement

EXCLUSIVE: SFTR to be adopted as early as Q4 this year
05 July 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Commission has revealed that the level two reporting technical standard (RTS) around Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) will be adopted by Q1 2019 making Q1 2020 the go-live date

SEC proposes new regulatory framework for ETFs
05 July 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to propose a new rule and form amendments intended to modernise the regulatory framework for exchange-traded funds

Commerzbank to sell equity markets and commodities unit to Soc Gen
05 July 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Germany’s Commerzbank has reported that it has reached an agreement to sell its equity markets and commodities business to Societe Generale of France

NEX Group sees repo activity increase
05 July 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

NEX Group has achieved a 22 percent increase to its EU repo activity in June, compared to the same time last year

Karen Rowe takes on CFO role at CIBC Mellon
05 July 2018 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Butcher

CIBC Mellon has appointed Karen Rowe as CFO

Top of hot stocks: Countrywide PLC (CWD)
04 July 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Countrywide PLC (CWD) led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa last week

ESMA provides feedback on how CCPs should consider internal risk
04 July 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority gives its opinion on how central counterparties should consider in their internal risk models the liquidity risk posed by all entities

ESMA releases annual report
04 July 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2017 Annual Report