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ICMA: NSFR makes EU repo less attractive
23 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association also point to increased automation of highly manual and labour-intensive processes of the market as a way to mitigate rising costs and create efficiencies

Brexit may push out small lenders
22 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Smaller beneficial owners are at risk of being pushed out the market by rising regulatory compliance costs, a revenue squeeze and Brexit

UK Money Markets Code to rebuild trust
22 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry representatives drafted the code in partnership with the Bank of England (BoE) to replace the previous guidance, which has been judged to be outdated

Quantitative easing going nowhere for now
22 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged earlier in June and expects them “to remain at their present levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of the net asset purchases”

Rule 15c3-3 reform offers equity collateral
22 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Potential reform of SEC Rule 15c3-3 is likely to change the US market, but the likes of the UK will see a realignment in trading rather than an out-and-out replacement

T2S approaches maximum speed
21 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The last phase will see central securities depositories (CSDs) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania brought onto the platform by the final 18 September deadline

Fragmentation would weaken central clearing, says Mark Carney
20 June 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

In a speech at a breakfast event at Mansion House in London, Carney warned against carving up London’s clearing market once the UK leaves the EU

Pirum and wematch.securitiesfinancing to collaborate on post trade
20 June 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum Systems and wematch.securitiesfinancing have launched a collaboration focusing on securities finance trading and post-trade

Broadridge takes on SFTR reporting requirements
20 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Broadridge is addressing trade reporting requirements set to come in with the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation, launching a new solution spanning the entire reporting lifecycle

Dealerweb claims significant US repo market share
20 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Dealerweb marketplace now captures 18 percent of US repo activity in inter-dealer trading

Hedge funds weather US/EU slowdown in May
20 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

UCITS funds continued to make gains in 2017, posting returns of 0.43 percent in May

Howard/Miller adjusts fund’s lending programme
19 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The fund will no longer include securities lending activities in leverage calculations from August