News search | Securities Finance Times

Generic business image for news articles

Clearstream sets sights on CSDR licence
17 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse subsidiary Clearstream is set to apply for new licenses to operate under the central securities depositories regulation

European banks join forces for SME blockchain venture
14 July 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Paris Europlace, along with seven European banking partners, has launched LiquidShare, a post-trading blockchain infrastructure for the small and medium-sized enterprise market.

Northern Trust bolsters sales team
14 July 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has bolstered its global business development team with a series of senior appointments

MiFID II best execution challenges securities finance
13 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA has described the reporting and best execution standards under MiFID II as “ambiguous, disproportionately burdensome” and “simply inappropriate”

Russia’s NSD gains repo contract parity
13 July 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The standard form of the master agreement allows NSD clients to reduce the time required to develop contractual documents with counterparties

Mirae Asset Securities chooses BNP Paribas for global custody
12 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNP Paribas will provide the US broker-dealer and subsidiary of Mirae Asset Financial Group with global custody services in the Americas, Europe and Asia

EU equities revenue fails to deliver in Q2
12 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

In its second quarterly review, IHS Markit underscored the extent of the revenue slip, which was down 23 percent on the same time last year

Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 goes live
12 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain developer Hyperledger has achieved a “huge milestone” with the launch of Hyperledger Fabric 1.0, according to IBM chief technology officer of open technology Chris Ferris

CCP use on the up, says ECB
12 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Banks reported that the use of CCPs had increased between March and May for many types of collateral and both average and most-favoured clients

CFTC welcomes new chief innovation officer
11 July 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Daniel Gorfine as director of LabCFTC and chief innovation officer, effective immediately

ESMA calls for industry comment on short selling rules
11 July 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ahead of the consultation, which will run until 4 September, ESMA published a new whitepaper that addresses the exemption in short selling regulations for market making activities

Buy-side reg compliance takes up a fifth of expenditure
10 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The cost of regulatory compliance is draining up to a fifth of smaller hedge funds’ total expenditure, an AIMA and GPP survey has found