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Don’t cry wolf on the need for regulatory relief for COVID, warns ISLA CEO

16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The market participants must be careful to show regulators they are not using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to gain unjustified delays to the regulatory timetable, says ISLA’s Andrew Dyson

IHS Markit adds iBoxx bond indices to securities lending reports

16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit aims to provide lenders with greater insight on potential portfolio returns from their fixed income assets with the addition of six global iBoxx bond indices to its reports

MUFG selects EquiLend Spire in drive to upgrade securities lending business

15 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

MUFG Investor Services is set to leverage the EquiLend Spire platform for its core global securities lending activities as part of ambitious plans to expand its business

REGIS-TR and Cappitech team up for end-to-end regulatory service

15 June 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The partnership will link the firm's complimenting reporting services for SFTR, EMIR, EMIR UK and FinfraG

Access Fintech’s CSDR solution gains another asset manager user

15 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Janus Henderson Investors EMEA has joined J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse in committing to the Access Fintech regulatory solution

Wematch and Pirum Systems partner on front-to-back securities lending offering

12 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Bank of America was the first client to conduct a securities finance transaction through the fully interoperable service

Trade bodies call for EMIR clearing exemption extension

12 June 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISDA, FIA and EBF are requesting a three-year extension to the exemption for clearing derivatives among intergroup counterparts under EMIR

ESMA extends EMIR Refit consultation period

12 June 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESMA is extending the consultation of the technical standards on reporting, data quality, data access and registration of trade repositories under EMIR Refit to 3 July

ESMA extends lower threshold for short position reporting

11 June 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Short sellers of EU shares will have to abide by the lower 0.1 percent reporting threshold for an additional three months

WFE issues industry guidance on non-default losses for CCPs

11 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

WFE has set out how CCPs ensure that certain non-credit losses that might rarely occur in relation to central clearing are allocated in a transparent, predictable and equitable manner

BoE reports spike in margin calls during COVID market disruption

11 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of England reported that the peak of the volatility on 18 March, variation margin calls were five times higher than they were in January and February

Taiwan lifts short selling ban early

10 June 2020 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The decision was hailed by the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association, which also called on other Asian markets that are maintaining their shorting bans to consider following suit

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