News and Notes

ISDA and BNP Paribas Successfully Test Digital Regulatory Reporting for CFTC Rules

GLEIF launches ML tool tested by J.P. Morgan for automating documentation

Eurex Clearing raises stakes in bid for EU buy-side business

LCH RepoClear has record Q3 at €75.8 trn nominal cleared

ICMA European repo survey shows new record outstanding value of EUR 9,680 billion at half-year 2022

ICMA warns ECB on repo market instability

ISLA/Linklaters publish on Common Domain Model progress

ECB’s SESFOD shows increased financing rates, deteriorating liquidity conditions

MAS outlines cyber priorities amid “increasingly hostile” threats

Saphyre extends AI functionality to securities lending

ECB raises rates 75bps, adjusts remuneration of minimum reserves, and recalibrates targeted lending operations

Reuters: BoK opens $4bn repo facility and loosens collateral policies after theme park default

Bloomberg: Traders Seek ECB Action on Collateral Squeeze Warping Market

ICMA publishes report setting out a high-level categorisation relating to sustainability in the repo market

Focus Taiwan: regulator tightens short selling rules again

FINRA creates prototype search engine for robo-rulebook

Paper: Securities Lending as a Barrier to (or an Instrument for) Shareholder Activism and the Role of Intermediaries as Lending Agents

BIS and HKMA publish prototype for integrated wholesale-retail-stablecoin CBDC systems

FSB backs repo clearing in bond market stress analysis

Reuters: Germany adds 54 bln euros to bonds to use for repo, energy spending

European Union officially postpones CSDR buy-in rules to November 2025

Mitsui to develop APAC quantum computing with Quantinuum

ESMA temporarily amends eligible collateral for NFCs on energy market vol

TASE piloting first digital sovereign bond with VMWare and Fireblocks

ICMA publishes guide to China’s repo markets

AccessFintech adds FIGIs to data network

FSB makes recommendations for cyber incident reporting

CACEIS to acquire RBC’s seclending and other operations in Europe and Malaysia

Fed asks for comments on large bank resolution procedures

EquiLend: seclending Q3 revenue up 12% to $2.6bn yoy, N. America leads

Fed’s Barr on developments in FedNow versus CBDC

Eurex Repo’s Gast on rising volumes trends in September

BNY Mellon goes live with bitcoin and ether on custody platform in US

ICMA’s Q4 report highlights resilience amid vol, repo regulations and new Global Repo and Collateral Forum

UK authorities consult on AI and machine learning in financial services

SIX to provide local custody services in Spain

DTCC clears first SFT using Provable Markets ATS and FIS connectivity

DSB: UPI mandate becomes EU law as part of EMIR Refit

SmartStream deploys AI tech for exceptions management and ISO 20022

BoE widens gilt purchase operations to include index-linked gilts

ESMA says 5-year priorities are protecting retail, sustainable finance, tech and data

ECB and PBoC extend bilateral currency swap facility another 3 years

ISSA survey shows DLT live use cases doubling since 2020

BoE expands collateral repo facility for orderly end to gilt intervention

LBBW and Vontobel issue first digital securities on Deutsche Börse’s D7

Ally Financial, Multiverse publish quantum computing research for financial index tracking

SEC reopens comment period for reporting of securities loans

Eurex Repo ADV up 72% yoy at €240.6bn in September

FINRA Fines UBS Securities $2.5mn for RegSHO violations

SS&C announces new securities financing module