News search | Securities Finance Times

Generic business image for news articles

OFR: CCP offers route to cheaper repo
10 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Repo traders can reduce transaction costs by using CCPs, according to the Office of Financial Research

FCA and JFSA in innovative partnership
10 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial regulators in Japan and the UK have agreed on a cooperation framework to support financial technology companies in entering each market

Broadridge gains post-trade messaging service
10 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired Message Automation to bolster its suite of post-trade services

New head at the helm of BNY Mellon Markets
10 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has named Dan Watkins as its new head of BNY Mellon Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Asia may have to stay another day
09 March 2017 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Beneficial owners across Asia must come to terms with stay protocols in the near future if they want to do business in foreign markets

Snap crackles following popular IPO
09 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short sellers were quick to snap up shares of the parent company of picture messaging app Snapchat following its closely watched initial public offering

Short selling under threat in South Korea
08 March 2017 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short selling is being used as a political football in Asia, with participants facing burdensome regulatory requirements across the region, particularly in South Korea, conference attendees heard in Seoul

Debevoise & Plimpton secures new PB legal expert
08 March 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton has bolstered its legal team focusing on broker-dealers and securities financing regulatory matters with the appointment of David Aman

Hedge fund assets tipped to rise
08 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Performance-based gains will drive hedge fund assets to reach $3.14 trillion by the end of 2017, a new survey has predicted

Future of Basel IV in jeopardy from Trump
07 March 2017 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The future of Basel IV has been thrown into question in the wake of a new wave of anti-regulation sentiment emanating from the US, PASLA/RMA conference delegates heard earlier today

Hong Kong’s reporting proposal is ‘disproportionate’
07 March 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong’s proposal to require fund managers to report securities lending and repo transactions to investors on an annual basis is disproportionate, according to law firm Deacons

FSB fills vacant committee positions
06 March 2017 Cape Town
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board made two key appointments at its Cape Town meeting at the end of February as it embarks on the next stage of its reform programme