News and Notes

ECB leads call for euro risk-free rates working group participants

BoE and FCA launch next phase of LIBOR transition work

LCH SA goes live with repo clearing of Belgian debt

REGIS-TR and IHS Markit to collaborate for SFTR reporting interoperability

NEX Data launches BrokerTec US Treasury benchmarks

ECB consults on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate

BIS studies CoCo issuance and bank fragility

triResolve Margin leads the collateral management market with 100 clients globally

FCA confirms LIBOR support until 2021

CoinDesk: who needs a CSD? Nivaura to issue first regulated ether bond

ICMA publishes fintech map for repo and cash bond operations

OFR update on bilateral repo collection

Axoni, 11 firms prove Peer to Peer blockchain for equity swaps

Reuters: Nex Group H1 profit drops, announces Amsterdam as repo trading EU hub

FSB publishes 2017 G-SIB list

GDR develops collateral pledge registry for credit markets

SEC approves DTCC’s $74 billion liquidity facility

Investment funds, securities lending, and European capital markets

Liberating the world from LIBOR: implications for non-cleared derivatives

Lexology: Hong Kong’s SFC publishes consultation on asset manager regulations, collateral rehypothecation to be reported

ABA to Fed: unnecessary to finalize Basel NSFR

ECB’s Cœuré: Basel III reforms “look undesirable” at firm level but will have system-wide benefits

Yonhap: bull market maxes out Korean broker margin capacity

ESMA publishes final report on MMF rules

IMF: what the evidence from US and Europe says about Basel III and bank lending

OneClearstream collateral management service launches

OAX wants collateral backed tokens for its decentralized cryptocurrency exchange

ISDA publishes APAC OTC derivatives study

SBL launches Aquila Network, claims first Peer to Peer securities lending platform

LSEG’s UnaVista and MTS collaborate on SFTR reporting

First All to All repo platform approved by FINRA

Broadridge: applications for artificial intelligence in securities finance and collateral management

NEX RR to apply as SFTR repository

MTS repo trades record €4.8 trillion notional in October

Hong Kong regulator launches thematic review of prime services and related equity derivatives activities

IOSCO finds hedge funds most advanced in G20/FSB securities market recommendations

BME Clearing gives clients direct access to repo and swaps segments

LiquidityEdge launches off-the-run US Treasuries trading with Barclays and Credit Suisse

Randal Quarles sworn in to Federal Reserve

Charles River and OpenDoor team up for all-to-all fixed income platform

The Hill: EU setting financial regulation ‘gold standard’ as US takes back seat

BoE: the leverage ratio and liquidity in the gilt and repo markets

Euronext and LCH’s French clearing arm renew long-term derivatives clearing agreement, swap minority stake

Eurex launches electronic platform for RFQs

IOSCO: progress remains mixed on MMF and securitization reforms

Trump nominates Jerome Powell to lead Federal Reserve

US Office of Financial Research: How Safe are Central Counterparties in Derivatives Markets?

ISDA to provide analysis and roadmap on benchmarks transition

FSB considers financial stability implications of artificial intelligence

FT: LSE admits EU supervisory case on repo market after Brexit