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Hong Kong’s reporting proposal is ‘disproportionate’

07 March 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong’s proposal to require fund managers to report securities lending and repo transactions to investors on an annual basis is disproportionate, according to law firm Deacons

FSB fills vacant committee positions

06 March 2017 Cape Town
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board made two key appointments at its Cape Town meeting at the end of February as it embarks on the next stage of its reform programme

OFR praises CCPs on transparency boost, but warns of further work needed to close data gaps

03 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Further transparency and consistency in reporting is needed on the default mechanisms of CCPs, according to the Office of Financial Research

CCDC and Clearstream partner for CIBM access

03 March 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream is partnering with the China Central Depository and Clearing Company to help support settlement and custody for overseas investors into the Chinese Interbank Bond Market

OneChicago regains its stride with February securities finance volumes

03 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw an 8 percent increase to its trading volume for February, compared to the same period last year

Northern Trust expands office in South Korea

02 March 2017 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has enhanced its presence in Asia with the opening of an expanded office in Seoul, South Korea

OCC goes from strength to strength with CCP securities lending in 2017

02 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC saw a strong start to its securities lending business in 2017, with a 19 percent increase in new loans through its central counterparty so far this year

UCITS and AIF sales fell in 2016

01 March 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Net sales of UCITS and alternative investment funds fell to €455 billion last year as Europe was beset by plunging stock markets and Brexit.

Societe Generale doubles down on Lombard Risk’s collateral services

01 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk has extended its relationship with Societe Generale as a user of its flagship collateral management solution—Colline

ESMA: CCPs, EMIR and MiFID II are top concerns for 2017

28 February 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA is keeping the supervision of EU CCPs front and centre for its 2017 work programme

Malaysia loosens the reins on its sec lending market

28 February 2017 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bursa Malaysia has revised its securities lending and short selling rules in a bid to boost price discovery and market liquidity

Digital Asset and DTCC complete proof-of-concept for US repo netting DLT

28 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

DTCC, in partnership with distributed ledger technology developer Digital Asset, are preparing to embark on the second phase of constructing their repo netting blockchain solution

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