HM Treasury has granted equivalency to EEA states for CSDR, EMIR and SSR, but SFTR is now not expected to be agreed by either party until after 31 December
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its first two reports on the implementation of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation
ESMA has published its first set of questions and answers as a practical convergence tool used to promote common supervisory approaches and practices on SFTR
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
03 November 2020Herzliya, 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
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
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
Revenue from the SFTR service — which launched in partnership with EquiLend — is collated as part of MarketAxess’ information service and post-trade services earnings, totalling $13.4 million in Q3
The FCA’s reaction to ARCM’s short selling disclosure violations is being taken as a statement of intent by market participants that the regulator will pursue enforcement actions regardless of intent or external factors
“What is clear that merely going through the motions of obtaining advice, which on the face of it may provide some comfort, will not afford a blanket defence,” Rahman Ravelli director tells SLT
