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BCBS faces challenge over leverage ratio

30 October 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A group of 13 derivatives exchanges and clearing members have signed a letter to BCBS urging it to address the unintended consequences of the leverage ratio using the current exposure method...

Moody’s: Bond volatility affecting asset managers

23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers are becoming more exposed to disruption in secondary credit market liquidity as investment banks reduce their exposure to volatility in the bond markets, according to Moody’s Investors Service...

US SEC supports T+2 settlement cycle

08 October 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

An industry coalition has welcomed a letter from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting the move to a two-day settlement cycle in the US...

Irish UCITS reform streamlines repo and sec lending

07 October 2015 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Central Bank of Ireland has simplified its requirements for UCITS funds...

ESMA stalls on buy-in technical standards

30 September 2015 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities and Markets Authority has delayed the release of further clarification on the mandatory buy-in provisions in the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation...

Taiwan removes uptick rule

28 September 2015 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The four-week uptick rule in Taiwan was lifted last week after renewed market stability...

SEC lifts OCC capital stay

14 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US SEC has lifted a temporary stay of OCC’s proposed capital plan amid a challenge from options competitors...

OFR guide criticises sec lending reporting standards

11 September 2015 Washington
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending and bilateral repo reporting data is “spotty and incomplete”, according to an Office of Financial Research (OFR) Reference Guide.

Greece renews short selling ban

01 September 2015 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greece has renewed its ban on short selling until the end of September...

REGIS-TR approved for energy regulations reporting

27 August 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The trade repository REGIS-TR has been approved as a registered reporting mechanism (RRM) for the European regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency...

Morningstar backs SEC’s call for fee-split transparency

26 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The securities lending aspects of the US SEC's investment company reporting modernisation programme are necessary because fund investors are entitled to know the revenue split between the manager, agent lender, and the fund itself...

CSDR will damage securities lending market, says ISLA

11 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Securities Lending Association “fundamentally disagrees” with the Central Securities Depository Regulation’s implementation of mandatory buy-ins for securities lending transactions...

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