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ISLA to combine ESG initiatives after ICSF closure

04 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has invited all relevant council members and partners to join its ESG working groups after the council is wound down and says it will take on the mantle of its work in advancing the sustainability agenda

Deal or no deal, we will see regulatory divergence after Brexit, says panellists

04 November 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Securities Finance Technology Symposium panellists from international trade repositories discussed how the challenges of the first three phases of SFTR were met and what the future holds after Brexit

Credit Suisse goes live with the Torstone SaaS platform

04 November Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) has a dedicated securities finance system that will now feed into the Torstone platform, which is the core books & records for the equities business, capturing all trades

Wirecard: German regulators failed to heed red flags by short sellers

04 November 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has published its assessment of the events leading to the collapse of Wirecard and the effectiveness of the supervisory response by Germany’s BaFin and FREP

Eurex Clearing expands incentives to switch OTC swap portfolios into the EU

03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Eurex Clearing is offering a complete waiver of booking fees for OTC interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps to entice banks and buy-side members to move their portfolios

Many firms remain “in the dark” on new SFTR reporting rules, says Cappitech

03 November 2020 Herzliya, Israel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A lack of expertise around SFTR is among the securities finance industry’s biggest challenges and causes of concern highlighted in Cappitech's third annual global survey

Eurex Repo introduces a new standardised Green Bond GC Basket

03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Green Bond GC Basket encompasses euro-denominated debt securities that are issued in adherence with guidelines for sustainable bonds

HSBC completes first securities loans by an offshore investor in China

02 November 2020 Shanghai
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Foreign investors are now able to engage in securities financing in Mainland China under the newly-reformed QFII scheme, with HSBC and Citi among the first custodians to facilitate trades

AllianzGI to exit securities lending

02 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment management and insurance firm will close its securities lending desk in London by the end of 2020, less than a year after launching its in-house programme

Citibank facilitates SBL trades in China A-share market under new QFII

02 November 2020 Shanghai
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citibank is among the first custodians to complete a securities lending transaction in the China A-share market under the reformed Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors scheme which went live on 1 November

Deutsche Boerse outlines predicted earnings from Reporting Hub sale

30 October 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The sale of the Regulatory Reporting Hub was initiated in September and is expected to be complete this quarter, with the German exchange group earmarking earnings against 2020 and 2021

Transcend secures $10m funding to finance EU growth

30 October 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The collateral optimisation solutions provider says the funds will go to opening a London-based office in 2021 and further developing its collateral optimisation tools

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