Posts by Finadium Editorial Team

BoE research shows COVID-19 boosted machine learning and data science in UK banking

SEC creates new unit for securities-based swaps oversight

ESMA publishes final guidelines on cloud outsourcing

Bloomberg: Repo Is Ending a Very Eventful Year in an Unusually Subdued Way

Malaysia to lift suspension of short selling on Jan 1 2021

ESMA conducting MiFID II review on algorithmic trading

TriOptima Completes First Benchmark Conversion Risk Replacement Trades at Japan Securities Clearing Corporation

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Regulatory tools for digital assets highlighted in LabCFTC report

European CCP group warns on DORA’s cloud outsourcing restrictions

Banque de France: central banks and supervisors must standardize climate NFI

US agencies consider cyber reporting rule for banks

Fenergo: 1/3 of global asset managers complete digital “transformation” projects

Robinhood settles charges with SEC for $65mn on PFOF and bestex failings

ESMA renews decision to require short selling reporting on positions of 0.1% and above

PASLA and Asian Investor conduct survey of ESG at Asian beneficial owners

Fed extends international liquidity programs through September 2021

CME to launch ether futures in Feb 2021

EquiLend releases NGT trade blotter and order book enhancements

FDIC and FinCEN float change in SAR requirements to exempt “innovative solutions”

ANNA and GLEIF add swathe of offshore jurisdictions to ISIN-LEI mapping service

FSB finds non-bank financial intermediaries now account for almost 50% of global financial assets

OCC justifies charter permitting for fintech “shadow banks” and stablecoin providers

ECB asks banks to refrain from or limit dividends until Sept 2021

Federal Reserve joins the Network for Greening the Financial System

Research paper: Global Banks and Interest on Excess Reserves

ING releases MPC tool for DLT platform security

Bloomberg: State Street exploring sale or merger options for SSGA

Eurex Repo Market up 88% while GC Pooling falls by 50% in November 2020

Reuters: China issues first repo-based variable bond

AP: US Treasury among agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

MassMutual buys minority stake in crypto fintech NYDIG and $100mn in bitcoin

Transcend publishes two case studies on global broker-dealer collateral validation and optimization

LCH paper on UMR, repo and collateral

DTCC senior execs revisit key themes in 2020 and make 2021 predictions

Eurex’s Equity Total Return Futures see uptake with Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas

Reuters: booming EU debt issuance may mean return of primary dealers

ESMA to recognise Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited (EUI) after Brexit transition period

J.P. Morgan Executes Intraday Repo Transaction Using Blockchain

BoE appoints Appvia for cloud tech development

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TD Securities to use Bloomberg data for advanced analytics strategies

DTCC acquires Sapient compliance and reporting platform

Clearstream Banking Luxembourg joins LCH Ltd to access repo clearing

SEC publishes expanded analysis of hedge funds from forms PF and ADV

UK PRA allows banks to resume dividends with some limits

“Green” repo: it’s happening, buy-side’s a driver, but it’s mostly a collateral and data play for now

Fidelity’s digital asset custody platform accepts bitcoin as collateral

South Korea announces major crackdown on illegal short selling, including jail

Barclays ESG annual highlights growing role of alt-data and real-time tech