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ECB survey reveals “intensified” price wars

11 February 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank’s quarterly survey on the securities financing market revealed that many counterparties upped their efforts to negotiate more favourable price and non-price terms in H2 2019

Saudi Stock Exchange proposes SBL and short selling rule changes

10 February 2020 Riyadh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Saudi Stock Exchange is mulling imposing stricter short selling rules and amendments to changes to collateral rules for securities lending transactions

Transcend hires former managing director of CloudMargin

10 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CloudMargin's Lis Hadingham joins Transcend sales team

Lenders still shun corporate bond collateral

10 February 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Collateral mobilisation and availability will continue to gain prominence in global securities lending markets as regulatory demands begin to bite this year

Non-EU AIFs are exempt from SFTR, says EC

10 February 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has put to bed fears that non-EU AIFs with EU-based managers would be in scope for SFTR in the first of several clarifications of the final guidelines needed ahead of the phase-one go-live

ABM AMRO securities lending desk fined for ADR mishandling

07 Febuary 2020 Washington
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago has become the 15th recipient of a fine from the US SEC for pre-released ADR mishandling by its securities lending team

Deutsche Bank and SimCorp renew APAC fund services partnership

07 February Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Bank Securities Services, which recently reclaimed control of the bank's agency securities lending business, has renewed its 14-year partnership with SimCorp to deliver fund services across Asia Pacific