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Collateral liquidity drought driving buy-side to CCPs, survey reveals
27 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The report also highlighted that the “classic concerns” associated with use of CCPs still endure

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”

SIX adds US equity and fixed income to CO:RE
15 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX Securities Services has added US equities and fixed income treasuries to the list of available securities for its repo triparty platform

EC proposes ‘two-tier’ CCP regulation
13 June 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EU legislators have proposed a massive overhaul of central counterparty supervision

FCA releases results of dividend arbitrage review
07 June 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Some UK-based firms engaged in dividend arbitrage may not be identifying the risk posed by contrived or fraudulent trading for the purpose of making illegitimate withholding tax reclaims

R3 raises record funds for DLT development
24 May 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The R3 group has raised $107 million in two tranches of fundraising, securing the largest ever investment in distributed ledger technology to date

Canadian securities regulator expands T+2 proposals
19 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Canadian Securities Administrators has released its final proposal for the transition of mutual funds and equity and long-term debt to T+2 on 5 September

SIX expands equity repo baskets list
08 May 2017 Zürich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Natixis has signed up to SIX Repo’s two new European equity index baskets

Pension funds given three-year exemption to EMIR central clearing
05 May 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pension funds have been handed a three-year exemption from central clearing of OTC derivatives under EMIR

State Street taps Sporn for enhanced custody team
26 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sporn brings 15 years of securities lending experience to State Street’s enhanced custody team

Hedge fund revenue hits 2013 highs
20 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The hedge fund industry has recorded its best opening quarter of a year since 2013

BlackRock’s sec lending falls short in Q1
20 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock’s Q1 securities lending revenue was down slightly, but its wider results paint a healthy picture for the asset manager