Posts by Finadium Editorial Team

ESMA updates CSDR Q&A

European banks use Wematch for first EUREX/LCH Basis swap trade

Reuters: J.P. Morgan gives fintechs ultimatum to keep customer data access

European Commission exempts non-EU AIFs from SFTR for business not conducted in EU

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Citi deploys digital proxy voting platform in Australia

EquiLend: Five New Counterparties Join NGT Securities Finance Trading Platform

BIS: Dollar borrowing, firm-characteristics, and FX-hedged funding opportunities

CCP12 calls for harmonized reporting of collateral for uncleared derivatives

DTCC spearheading cyber strategy for DLT adoption

FT: patents reveal extent of China’s digital currency plans

Fed to publish SOFR running averages and a SOFR Index starting March 2

IHS Markit Adds Credit Benchmark Consensus Analytics to Securities Finance Platform

SIX crypto product trading turnover jumps 256% to $59mn in January

BofE’s Jon Cunliffe speech on the governance of financial globalization

ECB SESFOD survey shows stronger demand for funding across all types of collateral except high-yield corporate bonds

Incumbent-fintech battle yields record M&A led by Fidelity, Broadridge

Tel Aviv’s seclending blockchain moves forward with new partner

SEC’s Peirce suggests 3-year “safe harbor” regulation for crypto entrepreneurs

BofE Working Paper: Bank funding costs and solvency

Reuters: Japan lawmakers push government for G7 talks on digital yen

Global AI survey shows fintech/incumbent disparities as risk management leads adoption

ESMA final report on aligning MiFIR to EMIR Refit

Fed’s Quarles suggests Discount Window, not Standing Repo Facility, to meet bank liquidity needs

Axoni and 15 large firms launch distributed ledger for equity swaps processing

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Federal Reserve Board releases hypothetical scenarios for its 2020 stress test exercises

Fed’s Brainard considers US central bank digital currency

ISLA publishes 12th securities lending market report including roadmap of EU developments through 2022

UBS Australia upgrades post-trade tech as bourse moves to DLT clearing

BNP Paribas, Moody’s among firms behind “intelligent reporting automation” launch

Deutsche Börse and HQLA^X execs: A solution for managing high-quality liquid assets: How distributed ledger technology can benefit the securities lending market

AcadiaSoft and ClarusFT partner to add what-if scenarios to margin calculations

Cowen to Integrate the Prime Brokerage Business of Global Prime Partners

DTCC launches app store, first API is “Risk Management as a Service”

OMFIF: central banks in pole position to issue digital currency

FSB’s Knot touts LEI’s role in monitoring risk, improving data quality

Pirum Systems launches IM Instruct to help with OTC Derivatives Uncleared Margin Requirements

ESMA postpones CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2021

BIS analysis of economic forces driving fintech adoption across countries

Options Clearing Corp sees seclending CCP decline of 6.56% in Jan 2020 year over year

Quantum computing startup releases asset allocator for portfolio optimization

FIS releases global survey on policy responses to fintech

SCMP: China to inject US$174 billion of liquidity into markets amid new coronavirus outbreak

Reuters: Swiss National Bank reintroduces repos to steer interest rate

Wematch unveils matching protocol dedicated to ETF securities lending

US regulators propose changes to Volcker Rule “covered funds” restrictions

Baton Systems raises $4 million from Illuminate Financial

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