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FTT set to miss 2016 deadline

11 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Ministers from the EU 11 have failed to meet their end-of-year deadline for outlining the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) on equities, which is likely to scupper January 2016 implementation plans, according to reports...

Tabb Group: Prime brokers should prepare for Basel III

09 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

New capital and leverage ratio rules could unfairly penalise prime brokers, according to a report by Tabb Group...

Euroclear supports UniCredit for Eurosystem success

08 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UniCredit has become the first commercial bank to secure Eurosystem credit operations under new rules, partnering up with the National Bank of Belgium and Euroclear...

FINRA fines Merrill Lynch

01 December 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has censured and fined Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp $3.5 million for violating Regulation SHO...

FSB calls for SFT transparency

17 November 2014 Basel
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The FSB has recommended that national and regional authorities collect appropriate data on securities financing markets to help them detect financial stability risks and develop policy responses...

Banks fined £2 billion over FX scandal

12 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Five international banks have been fined a total of £2 billion by the FCA and CFTC over attempts to manipulate the foreign exchange market...

Bank of England expands access to SMF

07 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Bank of England is widening access to its Sterling Monetary Framework and will now accept broker-dealers and CCPs.

Basel Committee finalises NSFR

31 October 2014 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities finance professionals have been given a Halloween treat in the form of the finalised net stable funding ratio....

ISLA warns against Ireland’s relaxation limit

24 October 2014 Dublin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ISLA has hit out at the Central Bank of Ireland, criticising its proposal to limit the collateral diversification relaxation in the ESMA guidelines on exchange-traded funds and other UCITS...

FSB sets out haircut plans

15 October 2014 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugale

The FSB has delivered its shadow banking framework for haircuts on non-centrally cleared securities financing transactions, with numerical haircut floors set higher than previously proposed...

IMN: FTT won’t let beneficial owners be

18 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU 11 will come to a conclusion over the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) before the end of the year, according to John Billige of State Street...

Pirum and Markit do data deal

15 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum has teamed up with Markit to enhance the transparency of information contained in the data provider’s securities finance data set...

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