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Repo market plays more active role in sustainable finance, says ICMA

26 October 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA’s Repo & Sustainability Taskforce has published a paper reflecting on recent market developments and explores the intersections between repo and sustainable finance

FSB examines repo market stability under stress conditions

20 October 2022
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Financial Stability Board has outlined policies to improve the resilience of liquidity access in stress conditions, which includes wider use of central clearing and attracting new non-bank intermediaries through “all-to-all” trading platforms

BoE launches Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility

10 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank of England has launched a Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility to avoid dysfunction in core funding markets, in line with the bank’s financial stability objective

Opinion divided on benefits of clearing in UST securities and repo markets

10 August 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

An ISDA survey finds that industry opinion is divided regarding whether central clearing would improve the efficiency and resilience of cash Treasury securities and repo markets

Euronext Clearing implements VaR-based margin methodology

22 June 2022 The Netherlands
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Euronext Clearing has introduced a new value-at-risk-based margin methodology for government bonds traded on MTS cash and repo platforms, as well as on MOT, EuroTLX and Hi-MTF platforms

LCH RepoClear SA upgrades its margin framework

21 June 2022 Paris
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Paris-based repo and cash bond clearing arm of LCH Group moved to a new VaR model on 20 June, with its €GC+ segment expected to follow in Q4 following integration with RepoClear SA

Global banks trial Finteum intraday repo and FX swap platform

14 June 2022 London
Reporter: Bob Currie

BNY Mellon, Barclays, Citi and NatWest Group are among 14 banks that have tested simulated intraday repo and intraday FX swap trades on the platform built by the London-based fintech, which is expected to launch in 2023

ICMA releases report on digitising repo market legal documentation

25 May 2022 Global
Reporter: Bob Currie

The report, issued in collaboration with D2 Legal Technology, evaluates work done on the GMRA Clause Library and Taxonomy and outlines the next stages of the project

APG appoints Eurex for repo clearing

24 May 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Eurex will connect Dutch pension fund asset manager APG, with approximately €600 billion AUM, to its ISA Direct repo clearing service from mid-June. It plans to release its ISA Direct Indemnified model in July

Eurex Repo records strong repo market expansion for April

04 May 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Average daily volume for repo transactions has climbed 75 per cent YoY to €145 billion for April, with GC Pooling activity up 4 per cent YoY, according to Frankfurt-based trading and clearing entity

KDPW_CCP granted approval to clear repo transactions on TBSP platform

25 April 2022 Poland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The clearing house will begin clearing conditional transactions concluded on the Treasury BondSpot Poland platform, having secured authorisation from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority

European Repo Survey reports 5.4% rise in outstanding repo value in 6 months to Dec 2021

21 April 2022 Europe
Reporter: Bob Currie

Total repo contract value outstanding on the books of 57 firms responding to the latest European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC) survey has grown to a record €9.2 billion, rising from €8.7 billion in the June 2021 survey and up 11 per cent YoY

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