Posts by Finadium Editorial Team

SEC issues staff statement on Fully Paid lending, no action letter to expire April 22, 2021

Basel Committee publishes work programme and strategic priorities for 2021-22

ECB’s large-scale review boosts reliability and comparability of banks’ internal models

City of London report says regtech adoption could save £523m for top 5 UK banks

Finch Capital’s Nomu Pay acquires Wirecard APAC entities

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Spain’s GVC Gaesco picks Sharegain for Lux funds’ seclending

NY Fed’s Logan: administered rates and spread will control ON MM rates in FOMC’s ample-reserves regime

ESMA warns on EMIR and SFTR data quality

Reuters: crypto flagship Coinbase jumps 11% after stormy Nasdaq debut

BNY Mellon adds FICC sponsored cleared repo to LiquidityDirect platform

ISLA publishes 2021 netting opinions for the GMSLA

State Street to Establish First ESG Securities Lending Commingled Cash Collateral Reinvestment Strategy

Pirum extends CollateralConnect to include all bilateral transactions

ECB’s SESFOD shows credit easing ex hedge funds in Dec-Feb 2021

CSO Online: experts fear that US executive orders on cyber will repeat mistakes

Eurekahedge: 63% of hedge funds posted positive returns in March

Danish prosecutors charge six with cum-ex fraud

Atlas VPN: government and banking account for half of all ransomware attacks

GLEIF confirms CFCA as inaugural validation agent after first digital certificate demo

ECB publishes the results of the public consultation on a digital euro

ESMA extends LEI requirement date under SFTR to 10 October 2022

BNY Mellon Triparty Now Accepts Chinese Bonds as Collateral

IHS Markit reports $2.6bn in securities finance revenues for Q1 2021, a 15% YoY increase

ICMA updates repo best practices to support post-trade efficiency

FSB publishes Global Securities Financing Data Collection and Aggregation: Frequently Asked Questions

FS-ISAC: third-party risks and geopolitical tension will escalate on fincyber agenda in 2021

China regulator fines Alibaba $2.8 billion, Ant to restructure amid fintech scrutiny

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Quartz Africa: fraudster activity “superpowered” by fintech

BIS paper on supervising crypto assets for anti-money laundering

ISLA and ICMA ask BCBS for securities lending exemptions from minimum haircut floors

ESMA outlines liquidity concerns for AIFs as NAVs spike

Nikkei: Archegos woes prompts Japan watchdog to probe risky transactions

Sweden central bank publishes CBDC pilot results, next steps will investigate distribution, storage and off-line payments

Etrading Software seeks to bulk up committee for digital token identifier

Regtech SteelEye announces US expansion plans after $17mn fundraise

Murex implements MX.3 platform-based tech for Polish insurer PZU

ISSA: ISO 20022 adoption limited to regulatory mandates, and comes at a cost

BrokerTec European repo volumes reach record highs

Credit Suisse, Instinet conduct same-day settlement for US equities using Paxos

ISLA: FCA Extends Reporting of LEIs of non-EEA Third Country Issuers Under UK SFTR

Tradeweb’s repo ADV up 42.3% YoY to $334.5 bn in March 2021

NICE Actimize launches AI regtech platform for wealth and insurance products

Credit Suisse says CHF 4.4 billion loss from Archegos, suspends stock buyback, senior execs depart

cPacket launches packet caputure and analytics for 100Gbps

OCC seclending CCP volume up 75.4% at $119.1bn in March

US agencies probe financial institutions’ use of AI

OFR: Hedge Funds and the Treasury Cash-Futures Disconnect

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