A bear market may cause tension in some asset market segments due to a scarcity of high-quality collateral, according to the European Securities Markets Authority...
Exchange-traded funds involved in securities lending have been excluded from the latest round of regulatory reforms from the Taiwan Stock Exchange on dual-currency trading mechanisms...
The European Securities Markets Authority has released a discussion paper on the level two measures of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation...
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) will now allow brokers to borrow securities directly from customers and extend the rollover limit from once to twice, from 1 February, as part of a major overhaul of its securities lending framework...
National regulators are beginning to introduce rules to tackle shadow banking but their priorities and timing differ, according to Paul Landless, partner at Clifford Chance...
Confidence in the Basel Committee’s recommended regulatory framework is being tested by several member states and senior financial figures, according to one PASLA/RMA conference panel...
Securities lending transactions have been exempted from changes to Canada’s early warning system in certain circumstances, the Canadian Securities Administrators has confirmed...
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will broaden short selling reporting rules to cover all securities that can be sold short through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...
25 February 2016Washington DC Reporter: Mark Dugdale
The DC Circuit has denied a motion to delay approval of OCC's capital plan, paving the way for the payment of refunds and dividends to shareholder stock exchanges and clearing members totalling $291.5 million...
22 February 2016Washington DC Reporter: Mark Dugdale
Opponents of Options Clearing Corporation’s recently approved capital plan have taken their case to court in a bid to have the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision overturned...
18 February 2016Washington DC Reporter: Drew Nicol
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new rule to make the liquidation process for large broker-dealers more orderly and efficient...
