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FSB: members must improve OTC margin compliance

31 August 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Around half of Financial Stability Board member jurisdictions need to “urgently take steps” to get back on track with their implementation of over-the-counter margin requirements, according to the FSB...

BCBS advises G20 to delay CCP reg deadline

30 August 2016 Hangzhou
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deadlines for implementing Basel III’s capital requirements for CCP exposures and margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives should be pushed back, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...

EXCLUSIVE: Eurex offers respite from capital costs

30 August 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing is preparing to offer a new hybrid membership model that combines elements of a direct clearing membership and the traditional client clearing service model...

Bank of Japan: Fintech the future for financial services

25 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain and artificial intelligence are likely to play a large part in financial services in the future, according to the governor of the Bank of Japan...

ECB proposes shadow banking tax

25 August 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank has proposed the introduction of a tax on ‘shadow banking’ profits in order to check the growth of the controversial alternative financing industry...

Weaver joins Citadel

24 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ex-BlackRock head of securities lending Michael Weaver has resurfaced as COO of Citadel Surveyor Capital...

Hong Kong slaps Morgan Stanley with $2.4 million fine

24 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morgan Stanley has been fined USD 2.4 million by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for “internal control failures”, including inadequate disclosure of short selling orders...

OFR: agent lenders have a $1 trillion stake

24 August 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Office of Financial Research has taken another step towards achieving its goal of better quantifying the securities lending market with the publication its 2015 pilot industry survey results...

trueEX adds BRL to its IRS product

23 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

trueEX has expanded its interest rate swaps offering by adding Brazilian real to its roster of available currencies...

EXCLUSIVE: Hutchings returns as new COO of ISLA

22 August 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Mark Hutchings has been appointed as the International Securities Lending Association’s (ISLA) new COO following the promotion of Andrew Dyson to CEO...

Deutsche Bank accused of new reporting violations

22 August 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Bank is facing fresh charges of swaps data reporting violations after the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused the bank of reporting late and incorrect swaps data for multiple asset classes over a five-day period...

Singapore sees short selling slide

19 August 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Demand to borrow Singapore’s STI index listed shares has fallen by 27 percent after a spike in average shorting interest in February, according to IHS Markit...

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