News and Notes

Bloomberg Streamlines Collateral Management and Reconciliation for Global Corporations and Investment Firms

SEC fines broker-dealer for Reg SHO violations

Fed blog: Credit Market Arbitrage and Regulatory Leverage

DTCC Selects IBM, AXONI and R3 to Develop DTCC’s Distributed Ledger Solution for Derivatives Processing

Bloomberg: Fed Gov Powell supports Volcker Rule revision

TMX sells Razor Risk to Parabellum

WSJ: SEC Commissioner Says Dodd-Frank Rules Not a Priority

Bank of England: Gauging market dynamics using trade repository data: the case of the Swiss franc de-pegging

IFR on Anshu Jain joining Cantor Fitzgerald: The Bono of investment banking

OCC stock loan CCP up 37% in 2016

Australia’s PRA publishes feedback on NSFR proposals

Russia’s NSD and Bloomberg testing new repo collateral management service

IHS Markit says "2016 has been a banner year for securities lending"

Reuters: State Street tests blockchain system for securities lending

EBA sees considerable improvement in the average LCR across EU banks

IOSCO identifies risks to retail investors of OTC leveraged products

PRMIA survey: IT spend for regulatory compliance will continue to increase

FSB completes peer review of Japan

Reuters: Top French banks sue ECB to reduce capital demands

Fed event recap: Capital Flows, Policy Dilemmas, and the Future of Global Financial Integration

ESMA consults on supervision fees for trade repositories under SFTR and EMIR

ISDA analyzes BIS derivatives data, finds deficiencies

Federal Reserve requires disclosure of LCR metrics

Wired: Overstock Begins Trading Its Shares Via the Bitcoin Blockchain

BIS: Macroeconomics of bank capital and liquidity regulations

Monetary Authority of Singapore white paper: Liquidity and Policy Analyses for Platform Trading of OTC Derivatives: A Perspective of Smaller Markets

Singapore regulator issues consultation paper on short selling

IOSCO issues guidance to improve quality of reporting on compliance with Benchmarks Principles

FSB consults on proposed guidance to support resolution planning and promote resolvability

BNY Mellon Directly Connects to Monte Titoli on T2S

Bank of Canada: Monitoring Shadow Banking in Canada: A Hybrid Approach

Federal Reserve finalizes TLAC requirement

EBA says European banks need to raise EUR 276bn, down from EUR790bn, in new capital

OFR: BofA, Citi and Wells Fargo move up in systemic risk ratings

WSJ: Private Repo Premium Sinks To Two-Year Low, Adding to Challenge for Fed

Office of Financial Research Assesses Key Threats to Financial Stability

Fed and FDIC approve resolution plans of BofA, BNYM, JPMC, and State Street; Wells Fargo not approved

BIS releases Quarterly Review, December 2016

Lombard Risk announces partnership with Atos to deliver collateral management solution to German market

Basel Committee releases assessments on Indonesia, Japan and Singapore

Bank of England working paper: Bank capital requirements and balance sheet management practices: has the relationship changed after the crisis?

Reuters: ECB to lend out bonds for cash to avoid market squeeze

Eurosystem introduces cash collateral for PSPP securities lending facilities

Fed Payments Risk Committee: Intraday Liquidity Flows

OFR: Time is Right for LIBOR Alternative

Clearstream updates rates for securities lending and borrowing service

Morningstar: 4 ETF Myths Debunked

CFTC's Massad supports some regulatory change but no full Dodd-Frank repeal

ING Announces Launch of Multi-Asset Synthetic Prime Brokerage Platform

ICAP European repo up 15% in Nov 2016, US repo up 4%