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APAC attains US$310.9 billion in outstanding repo value, says ICMA

05 December 2022 Asia-Pacific
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The survey, covering the Asia-Pacific non-Japan region, reveals a 48.3 per cent YoY rise in average daily turnover for repo transactions to US$43 billion, with intra-regional activity rising at the expense of trading with non-APAC counterparties

HQLA^X and Fnality deliver cross-blockchain repo swap pilot

05 December 2022 London, Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

The PoC was conducted with Banco Santander, Goldman Sachs and UBS as project participants and delivered by linking HQLA^X with the Ecosystem TestNet environment, used to simulate the Fnality Payment System

ECMS postponed until April 2024

05 December 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The ECB has postponed the launch of the Eurosystem Collateral Management System by almost six months to avoid potential friction caused by delayed release of the T2 RTGS payments system

OCC cleared securities lending volume climbs 8.6% for November

02 December 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending volumes cleared through OCC have grown to 188, 346 transactions for November, but average daily loan value for securities lending trades has fallen 19.31 per cent YoY to US$111.6 billion

OCC names Thakkar as chief risk officer

02 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Vishal Thakkar is responsible for implementing OCC’s risk management framework and serves on the Management Committee

GLMX reaches US$1 trillion in daily balances

01 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Growth has been driven by new and existing client activity globally across a broad collateral set, with the balance split equally between flow coming from North America and EMEA

EBA publishes real-time data in liquidity management report

01 December 2022 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The report marks the sixth installment to the EBA Liquidity Management Working Group’s publications on the bank and corporate client relationship in the liquidity management ecosystem

ESMA backs actions of Irish and Luxembourg regulators on LDI fund resilience

01 December 2022 Ireland, Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Central Bank of Ireland and Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier yesterday wrote to managers of GBP LDI funds outlining actions to protect fund resilience, including the impact of market shocks on collateral calls and forced sales

Euronext completes acquisition of Nexi technology businesses

01 December 2022 Italy
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Group has finalised acquisition of the technology businesses currently powering MTS and Euronext Securities Milan from Italian technology provider Nexi. The transaction was first announced in June

Clear Street launches trading system for securities lending market

01 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ATLAS is a proprietary trading system that allocates stock loan inventory to incoming customer requests

PRA adds UK twist for implementing latest Basel standards

30 Novembeer 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The proposed package aligns closely with Basel 3.1 standards, but adds specific UK refinements where the Prudential Regulatory Authority believes this will capture risk more effectively and promote the competitiveness and relative standing of the UK

DTCC publishes CBDC pilot findings

30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

DTCC has published the findings of its pilot programme investigating how tokenised securities and a wholesale CBDC would operate in the US settlement infrastructure

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