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Hong Kong and Mainland China announce Swap Connect mutual access programme for IRS markets

05 July 2022 Hong Kong China
Reporter: Bob Currie

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced a collaboration with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Shanghai Clearing House (SHCH) to create a mutual access programme for interbank interest rate swap (IRS) markets

Governing Council of ECB to adjust its collateral framework for climate initiative

04 July 2022 Germany
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

These measures, expected to enhance the ECB’s risk management practices, are designed in accordance with the Eurosystem’s primary objective of maintaining price stability

GLEIF deploys first verifiable Legal Entity Identifier

29 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The vLEI is a digital version of the LEI, which intends to meet an “urgent need” for automated digital verification of the legal identities of businesses

PRA writes to chief risk officers regarding use of SIMM model

29 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

A letter from three PRA senior executives outlines conclusions of its SIMM review, warning of risk of under-margining and poor model fit for some counterparties

Société Générale joins Broadridge’s DLR platform

29 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The blockchain-enabled platform aims to accelerate the digitisation of the global repo market to reduce risk and operational costs

BEQUANT announces launch of institutional DeFi platform

29 June 2022 Malta
Reporter: Bob Currie

The digital prime broker says that its new solution, developed with Fireblocks, is the industry’s first decentralised finance platform for institutional users, enabling clients to cross-margin across decentralised and centralised trading platforms

DTCC’s Report Hub service grows to more than 70 firms

28 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The members of the hub include leading banks, major swap dealers, and some of the largest custodians, clearing houses and buy-side firms across the globe

Colendi acquires SETL

28 June 2022 UK Turkey
Reporter: Bob Currie

Turkish fintech Colendi has announced the purchase of London-headquartered enterprise blockchain specialist SETL, with plans to shorten the gap between permissioned enterprise blockchain and a secure public blockchain environment