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WFE goes to bat for short sellers again

30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The WFE concludes that the evidence “almost unanimously” points towards short selling bans being disruptive for the orderly functioning of markets

Canadian pension plans suffer biggest returns decline for more than a decade in Q1

30 April 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe has experienced the steepest decline since 2008

REGIS-TR partners with Sensiple for SFTR platform integration

30 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sensiple, a US regtech firm, has inked deals with REGIS-TR and UniVista to provide its buy-side clients with an end-to-end automated reporting solution for SFTR

JPMorgan Chase appoints new head of prime finance technology

30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

JPMorgan Chase lures away Credit Suisse senior executive to lead its prime finance technology business

AcadiaSoft partners with Margin Reform & Margin Tonic to support UMR compliance

29 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Margin Reform and Margin Tonic will offer consulting services to AcadiaSoft clients ahead of the final phases of UMR

As ESG grows, liquidity could wither, warns State Street

29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A growing number of asset owners and managers are voicing concerns that securities lending undermines their ability to exercise proper stewardship on underlying investments, finds a new State Street research paper.