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SEBI curbs derivatives shorts
24 March 2020 India
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SEBI curb short selling transactions

German industry body fires back against calls for EU-wide short selling ban
23 March 2020 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment funds association BVI is the latest to question the effectiveness of short selling bans after a week of EU regulators acting to shield local equities from the COVID-19 market chaos

Bank of England slashes funding rates to tackle COVID-19 chaos
19 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bank of England has reduced its overnight funding rate for a second time to help inject much-needed liquidity into the country's markets amid widespread disarray brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

ULTUMUS opens San Francisco office
04 March 2020 San Francisco
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new office will be headed by Fe Zamora, formerly of IHS Markit, who will be responsible for building out the team and managing US operations

Turkey halts short selling
02 March 2020 Turkey
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Turkish regulators have banned investors from short selling stocks on the Istanbul Stock Exchange

Eurex Clearing expands buy-side senior sales team
24 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing has set its sights on building its buy-side client base by bolstering its sales and relationship management team

SteelEye appoints new CFO
05 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye has appointed a new chief financial officer from Bloomberg as part of its latest expansion plans

IHS Markit hails “industry milestone” of $25tn lendable assets data coverage
05 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The data analytics and financial services provider says its data set has increased by 20 percent over the past 12 months, with a 12 percent increase from new contributors

Trade bodies unite to call for CSDR buy-in delay
24 January 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fourteen trade associations including ISLA, ICMA and AFME have sent a joint letter to the EU requesting radical reforms to CSDR’s settlement regime to avoid a liquidity crisis in Septemeber

IHS Markit opens HQLA valuation tool to securities finance client
14 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

While the portfolio valuations and reference model inputs are proprietary and only available to PVR clients, IHS Markit’s securities finance clients now have “complimentary access” to the output classifications

Kaizen Reporting adds to SFTR team
02 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Kaizen Reporting has brought on Tony Weedon from J.P. Morgan to bolster its SFTR team

EXCLUSIVE: Deutsche Boerse bows out of SFTR reporting
18 December 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Boerse is no longer planning to offer SFTR reporting services after failing to capture enough clients to justify the service