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ESMA issues final SFTR standards
31 March 2017 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ESMA has issued its final report on standards for implementing SFTR, including a revision to collateral reporting

OCC lines up two new board members
31 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC has lined up senior figures from ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago, and Citadel Securities, as replacements for departing board members.

CACEIS to provide sec lending services Orca Capital
30 March 2017 Munich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CACEIS has been selected to provide securities lending services to Munich-based Orca Capital for Orca’s global securities and bonds trading business

Paralympic champion to close ISLA 2017
30 March 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s most successful paralympic athlete will be the closing keynote for this year’s ISLA conference

Goldman gains new global sec lending head
30 March 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Goldman Sachs fills global head of securities lending vacancy and forms new equities team for improved synthetics and prime services

UK kicks off Brexit with Article 50 activation
29 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK has officially pulled the trigger on Article 50 and commenced the two-year negotiation process that will end in its exit from the EU

Deutsche Börse-LSEG merger blocked
29 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange Group

OCC clearers due $47m refund
29 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC has confirmed that its next instalment of refunds and dividends will delivered later this year

Malaysia mulls short selling expansion
29 March 2017 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Malaysia's central bank hosted a roundtable with industry participants to discuss opening up repo and short selling

Investment Association: Keep to the code
28 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK asset management-backed industry code to standardise disclosure for charges and transaction costs has recommended specific treatment for securities lending to meet national and European regulatory requirements

Deutsche AM cuts collateral margins
28 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Asset Management's cuts its securities lending collateral margin requirements for its db x-trackers ETFs

Subprime default spike lacks short interest
27 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US short sellers are uncharacteristic sluggish in responding to the large rise in subprime loan defaults related to the automotive industry