News and Notes

KfW: capital markets need a “DLT highway”

S3: European shorts surge on currency gains and market rally

ION boosts XTP Risk JANUS with AI for improved pre-trade risk management

Futurism: AI agents staffed a fake company and don’t worry about your job

Saxo UK: Spanish markets unscathed by power outage, but regulators on notice

CPMI-IOSCO: “potential minor gap” for collateral access in EU

AccessFintech launches repo settlement netting with J.P. Morgan and Citi partners

Circle teams with copper for USDC stablecoin settlement

S&P Global: South Korea short selling goes from ban to boom

Bloomberg: Nomura mulls deeper foray into prime brokerage

SGSS: Europe to move FASTER on tax harmonisation

Reuters: Taiwan short selling curbs extended indefinitely

US regional banks should consolidate amid recession risk, says fintech expert

ESMA assesses leverage risks in AIFs and UCITS funds sectors

MLex: EU chair wants deal exempting SFTs from T+1

JSE, BMV and Nordic markets sign on for Nasdaq’s “modernization blueprint” tapping AWS networks

BIS and 5 central banks show progress on FX-DLT settlement for wholesale infrastructure

EquiLend launches short squeeze scoring monitor

BIS’ latest blockchain PoC is a tokenized promissory note platform

China’s QCC joins GLEIF for mapping data standards

Bank of Uganda picks Sweden’s CMA for RTGS overhaul

FT: Is Basel III sustainable in a new geopolitical era?

OFR blog post: How the Treasury Clearing Rule for Repo Might Affect SOFR

European legislators consult on EU capital markets integration

CFTC consults on 24/7 trading in derivatives markets

ECB fines SEB Baltics €1.2mn for internal models breach

UK’s PRA modifies rulebook for third country covered bonds as HQLA

Swiss innovation authority outlines 7 steps for quantum safety

Clearstream adds all asset classes to Collateral Mapper view

UK FCA opening new offices for US and APAC presence

Xceptor’s data platform to integrate AI agents for process breaks

IIAC and CASLA urge regulators to reconsider Canada alignment with US’ RegSHO

ESMA should consider more granular data for settlement fails, says stakeholder group

ESMA rules on liquidity management tool functioning signal NBFI approach

FSB finalizes cyber and operational incident reporting format

SmartStream launches reference data registry service

CFTC: UST ETFs are eligible margin collateral for uncleared swaps

The Banker: BoE warns banks over SRTs

ISLA publishes 2025 netting opinions for GMSLA

Goldman Sachs signs on with Trading Apps’ TA.Link

OpenGamma: initial margin surges 27% for US equity futures in April

SEB goes live with TA.Link for secfinance messaging

Standard Chartered and OKX pilot tokenized MMF as collateral

Amundi and Murex team up for multi-asset buy-side tech

eToro to launch fully paid lending in UK and Europe with BNY and EquiLend

BNP Paribas’ Geggus sees further divergence in securities lending revenues

ICMA H2 report reviews repo and collateral market activity

BNY pilots intraday triparty repo trades with Swiss Re and UBS

ISDA CEO warns US legislators on repo market functioning in UST clearing testimony

Fed’s Barr: bank-fintech dynamics an “accelerant” for AI adoption