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ESMA invites comment on blockchain potential

03 June 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a distribution paper and public consultation on the potential usefulness of distributed ledger technology in securities markets...

ICAP agrees to delay ending federal funds open rate

02 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ICAP has agreed to delay ditching the federal funds open rate at the request of associations that were worried their members were not given enough time to adjust to its replacement...

GFT launches new regulatory compliance tool

19 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Consulting and software service provider GFT has launched its new Regulatory Change and Management Service, a tool for helping firms track regulatory changes in the industry...

ISDA launches new jurisdictional protocol aid

17 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has launched the ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol to help market participants adhere to national stay regulations...

Industry calls for change to US federal funds open rate

05 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICAP's federal funds open rate should be replaced by the the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s new overnight bank funding rate as a benchmark for pricing and performance reporting, industry associations have argued...

European CCPs in ESMA stress test success

03 May 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

European central counterparties are generally well equipped to manage extreme negative developments in the market, according to the first ESMA EU-wide stress test report...

ICMA seconds ISLA’s call for consistent regulation

29 April 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clarity and consistency must be ESMA's watchwords when it finalises its reporting requirements under the SFTR, according to the International Capital Market Association...

ISLA: consistent regulation key to avoiding disruption

28 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Consistency in regulators’ definitions and an understanding of assets pools is essential to practical market rules for collateral reuse, according to the ISLA...

ESMA’s first stress test for EU CCPs looming

25 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will launch the first of its stress test exercises for EU central counterparties (CCPs) on 29 April...

Industry associations publish SFTR breakdown letter

13 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Five industry bodies have joined forces to publish a joint statement to help market participants comply with Securities Financing Transactions Regulation requirements...

GFMA rejects Basel internal risk model rules

31 March 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Basel Committee of Banking Supervision (BCBS) proposal to restrict banks’ usage of internal risk models for determining credit risk is unnecessary and counterintuitive, the Global Financial Markets Association has said...

SIFMA: SEC’s asset management rules must change

30 March 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Important changes must be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed portfolio limits and asset segregation requirements, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has said...

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