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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has terminated clearing recognition for JSE Clear, the central counterparty wholly-owned by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, following South Africa’s addition to the AML blacklist

Michael Riggs has more than 20 years of experience working on sustainable development in the UN system, facilitating collaboration with the private sector, governments and civil society organisations in supporting sustainable investment

Coding error in Citadel ATS results in the firm incorrectly reporting long, short or short exempt orders to regulators under Regulation SHO, leading to a US$7 million penalty from the SEC

The Spanish clearing house has launched clearing for USD-denominated bitcoin and ethereum futures as part of a digital asset derivatives segment targeted at institutional investors

The International Securities Lending Association has entered into a partnership with law firm Latham & Watkins LLP to drive securities lending in Middle East markets, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

With this announcement, the UK central bank will reduce the planned size of its final three gilt auctions scheduled for Q3 from £790 million to £650 million for each of the short, medium and long maturity auctions

The asset management arm of German insurer Munich Re has installed BNY Mellon and Euroclear to provide triparty collateral management support to its in-house securities lending activities which are managed through its multi-asset trading desk

This will provide a cloud-based solution that meets data-residency requirements in the Australian market, along with up to 300 per cent reduction in processing time for end-of-day batch requirements