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India reviews SBL position limits
21 November 2017 New Delhi
Reporter: Zsuzsanna Szabo

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has altered its securities lending rulebook, following market calls for change

EU Commission opens consultation of SFTR TR fees
21 November 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

UK-based trade repositories may be forced to shoulder additional third-party recognition fees to operate under EU regulatory frameworks post-Brexit, according to proposed EU Commission rules

Eurex Clearing’s partnership entices strong market interest
20 November 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and J.P. Morgan Securities, to name but a few, signed up for the programme, which opened its registration in October

Kallinda Taplin returns to Deutsche Bank
20 November 2017 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Deutsche Bank has appointed Kallinda Taplin to the securities lending operations team

ISLA and the CBI tackle UCITS collateral rules
17 November 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Central Bank of Ireland’s director of policy and risk has confronted industry concerns around stringent collateral re-use and “arbitrary” fee splits for UCITS funds at a roundtable discussion

LEIs offer major cost savings, says OFR
17 November 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The OFR noted that early academic studies found that cost savings associated with adoption of the LEI approached $1 billion annually

ESMA’s final MMF report reveals parting on haircuts
17 November 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Of the 18 respondents to ESMA’s study, five aligned themselves with ESMA in calling for standardisation of haircut rules for MMFs engaging in reverse repo trades, while six others emphasised the need for flexibility

One more year for Eurex and Clearstream chief
16 November 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Boerse's Jeffery Tessler is responsible for clients, products and core markets for the two business segments

NEX imbues derivatives platform with KVA analytics
16 November 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

KVA calculations determine the lifetime costs of capital as part of the pricing of an OTC derivative and the service will helps firms understand the capital costs an OTC trade will consume over the portfolio’s lifetime.

Eurex introduces fresh fixed income hedging tools
16 November 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Deutsche Boerse Group noted significant end-user demand for European-listed fixed income ETF options, with institutional investors in Europe ready to migrate from US-listed options once the options are listed

Citi names new head of global ETFs
15 November 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

Citi has appointed a former iShares global head of relationships as its new global head of exchange traded fund products

OneClearstream now live and trading
15 November 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream has launched OneClearstream, a new collateral management service aimed at automating collateral transfers across depositories