News and Notes

Eurosystem to connect DLT settlement with TARGET

ESMA publishes first technical standards for CSDR Refit

ISLA Publishes the 22nd Edition of the ‘ISLA Securities Lending Market Report’

PBOC’s certification body becomes first vLEI issuer in China

Bank of Israel survey on digital shekel considers paying interest

US SEC withdraws appeal on Dealer Rule

Baton launches eligibility service for collateral management

LSEG survey shows AI hitting a wall with compliance chiefs

Saudi CSD launches mutual funds platform as securities financing leaders convene in Riyadh

Saudi central bank issues netting and collateral regulation

Euroclear launches US Treasury DVP repo service with tech from BBH and Matrix Applications

Taula Capital taps Opensee for risk analytics with “agentic AI”

AIMA: BoE focus should be market liquidity capacity during stress

FINRA substantially rewrites SLATE specifications but it still looks like overkill

European Commission formally proposes move to T+1 settlement

US, UK and Australia sanction Lockbit ransomware infrastructure

ESMA adds automated securities lending in settlement discipline consultation

NYSE to launch Texas exchange and incorporate Chicago operations

GLMX and Flextrade integrate platforms for buy-side repo

SC Lowy: US market shake-up to fuel APAC private credit boom

ESMA’s risk report warns on geopolitical and macroeconomic drivers of uncertainty

AFME: EC’s proposed timeline for T+1 aligns with industry and key jurisdictions

Bloomberg: Japan FSA warns banks on repackaged JGBs

FIA Tech goes live with real-time fee/commission matching for listed derivatives

BoE’s Bailey talks up NBFI stress tests amid liquidity shift

Federated Hermes’ experts on impact of tariffs: multi-asset, trade finance and EM investment

SIX adds crypto to triparty collateral management

Euronext taps Euroclear as triparty agent to boost repo franchise

SCMP: Citic, HSBC among first users of China’s RepoConnect

BMO first Canadian bank in IBM quantum network

HSBC proposes to boost securities lending for ETF to 50%

China FX trade system taps Bloomberg for offshore RMB bond repo

BoE’s Mills outlines regulation priorities for FMIs

AFME sizes global DLT wholesale market, repo remains small

WFE: Americas lead global markets but IPOs at five year low

CFTC to launch pilot for tokenized non-cash collateral

BoC launches securities lending of mortgage bond holdings

SEC postpones Rule 13F-2 and Reg SHO reporting for institutional buy-side by one year

ESMA outlines plans to simplify and reduce reporting burden

UK finalizes T+1 accelerated settlement plan

Wedbush launches real-time automated locate service

Cync launches wide release of SBL solution after going live at US bank

Israel authorities consult on advancing repo market

Academic paper weighs benefits and risks of UST repo central clearing

Hong Kong quant fund picks RiskSmart for multi-asset expansion

BCBS publishes consultation paper to modify “Principles for the management of credit risk”

Sharegain goes live on Pirum TradeConnect

US FINRA fines Apex Clearing $3.2mn for fully paid lending violations

BIS weighs in on AI governance for central banks

US SEC’s Peirce outlines top 10 list ahead of crypto task force