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ISLA: Regulation may force out sec lending players

29 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Growing regulatory pressure could push institutional lenders out of the securities lending market, according to the International Securities Lending Association’s latest market report...

ESMA to cooperate with South Korean CCPs

24 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with South Korean central counterparties...

Borsa Istanbul to introduce short indices

22 March 2016 Istanbul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Borsa İstanbul, Turkey’s primary stock exchange, will start to calculate leveraged and short indices that cover investment strategies from 1 April...

ESMA: EU market vulnerable to HQLA shortage

18 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

Taiwan: Sec lending ETFs barred from currency reform

17 March 2016 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

ESMA welcomes industry comment on SFTR

15 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has released a discussion paper on the level two measures of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation...

Taiwan relaxes SBL rules further

09 March 2016 Taipei
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

PASLA: Regulators still in the dark on shadow banking

02 March 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

PASLA: Pushback on regulation begins

01 March 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

Canadian early warning system exempts sec lending

29 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions have been exempted from changes to Canada’s early warning system in certain circumstances, the Canadian Securities Administrators has confirmed...

Hong Kong’s SFC expands scope of short reporting

25 February 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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...

DC Circuit refuses to delay OCC's approval

25 February 2016 Washington 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...

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