Posts by Finadium Editorial Team

Fed launches temporary repo facility for foreign monetary authorities’ US Treasury holdings

FT: Regulators across Europe clash over bans on short selling

FT: Wobbles in collateralised loan obligations pose problems for lenders

SIFMA calls for regulatory relief from RegSHO, physical securities processing

DTCC on managing risk: defaults, margin calls and financial safeguards

STAC: how can fintech help in the COVID economy?

Risk: Asia CCPs forced to hike margins rapidly during equities rout

Alphacution: Parplus demise attributed to equity collateral, variance swaps and Ronin relationship

Basel Committee postpones Basel III implementation

Banque de France recruits for CBDC interbank settlements experiment

Rigetti wins $8.6mn DARPA grant to demonstrate practical quantum computing

FIS Astec shows European equity seclending volumes up 110% since Feb 1, US equities seclending up 16%

US regulators speed up adoption of SA-CCR, extend CECL

Standard Chartered creates new Financing and Securities Services unit

ESMA launches consultation on EMIR REFIT trade reporting

21 industry associations ask regulators to delay Initial Margin phase-in timeline

Bloomberg: Japan Repo Rates Hit Most Expensive on Record in Dollar Rush

Bloomberg: J.P. Morgan’s equity derivatives team makes $1.5bn YTD

ASX delays CHESS replacement due to user feedback amid covid-19 disruption

Axios: US first major economy with non-policy driven negative bond yields

ABN AMRO Clearing posts $200 million net loss on closing out Parplus Partners positions

Hazeltree reports hedge fund leverage down from 230% pre-crisis to under 200% in March 2020

Banking Law: Fed Beats Narrow Bank Lawsuit

ESMA clarifies position on SFTR backloading

Bank of Japan announces additional measures to stabilize repo and securities lending markets

RavenPack releases covid-19 global news monitor for free distribution

Crypto derivatives exchange ZUBR passes trading and risk engine test by Exactpro

Reuters: Fed hires BlackRock to help execute mortgage-backed securities purchases

CFTC issues final guidance on actual delivery for digital assets

CFTC’s Tarbert: derivatives markets acting as shock absorbers in volatility

Bank of England launches Contingent Term Repo Facility

Agency REITs see margin stress in mortgage and repo markets

Bitfinex deploys market abuse tool to get rid of wash trading and layering

SEC issues temporary rules allowing mutual funds to borrow funds from affiliates and to make collateralized loans

ESMA approves Austria’s short selling ban

ICMA Euro commercial paper (ECP) materials to be made available to the wider market 

Basel Committee says use liquidity buffers and HQLA to support real economy, absorb losses

Bakkt completes $300mn fundraising

Fed revises TLAC requirements for US banks

Federal Reserve announces more extensive measures to support US markets

The Desk: bond pricing battle shutters Nordic funds

European Commission to activate suspension of EU budget rules

Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee wants Fed to expand purchases including MBS

FT: banks, industry associations press exchanges for detail on managing risk of home trading

FT: BNY Mellon steps in to support money market fund after outflows

Ronin LLC fails, positions auctioned by CME

Bloomberg: Before Fed Acted, Leverage Burned Hedge Funds in Treasury Trade

UK approach to SFTR in line with ESMA – delay to July

Panetta: ECB could expand list of intermediaries for refinancing operations

bfinance: snapshot of liquid alternative strategies in stressed markets