News and Notes

Eurex launches EU-bond futures, SSA desks could “reshape market dynamics”

Gizmodo: investors scrutinize bank cyber resilience after hacks double

CFFiM: Canada short sale curbs lack evidence and add to financing challenges

BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan adopt DTCC’s triparty automation tools ahead of EU/UK T+1

Bloomberg: ECB ends standoff with banks over “black box” loan models

ECB finalizing SRT fast track process for “simple” securitizations

ESMA warns on volatile markets and fallout for institutional and retail

BIS research uses “regulatory risk tolerance” metric for capital buffer analysis

Nasdaq proposes tokenized equities and ETPs trading

EUR-RMB liquidity facility extended for 3 years and capped at CNY350bn/€45bn

US SEC announces cross-border fraud squad and greater CFTC integration

Intelligent Risk: US non-banks warned on aggressive pursuit of private credit lending

OpenGamma’s Burnham on DTCC’s “clever” collateral in lieu service

BrokerTec Chicago readies October launch with J.P. Morgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley signed on

Bloomberg: China weighs removing short selling curbs amid stock rally

BoE consults on central clearing and haircuts for gilt repo

Legal & Gen UCITS ETF to start securities lending in Q4

WGC to introduce “wholesale digital gold” for collateral

Borsa Istanbul changes uptick threshold from 3% to 2% for short sales

Fed updates capital requirements for banks after stress tests

Citi joins HKMA’s Northbound Repo Connect as primary liquidity provider

DTCC to launch sponsored GC “collateral in lieu” service in Dec 2025

Türkiye’s Odeabank picks Murex’s MX.3 for FRTB compliance

Wedbush taps Broadridge as platform provider for operations overhaul

Bloomberg: convertible arbitrage gains traction with hedge funds

DTCC’s Hillery: don’t underestimate prep for HKMA derivates reg reporting rewrite

Citi: 2025 is a pivot year for mission critical post-trade services

HKEX to change cash and non-cash margin collateral arrangements in October

AFME says €475bn in capital and liquidity trapped at EU banks on stalled union

Eurex Clearing joins OSTTRA’s IM and capital optimization service

ESRB flags UCITS funds’ high leverage in EU NBFI risk report

Clearstream adds peer benchmarking and portfolio analytics to collateral dashboard

BNY to launch ’40 Act that will invest in repos to bolster stablecoin reserves

Strate tests triparty collateral pipes with Nedbank and RMB ahead of South Africa IM regs

US OFR shows rising funding costs have spill over effects across asset classes via repo

Swift flags up end of MT/ISO 20022 coexistence in November

WSJ: US commerce secretary says US won’t launch SWF

UK FCA releases reviews on algorithmic trading and data quality controls

UK FCA publishes cyber resilience insights, synthetic data guidance from internal groups

Marex and Brevan Howard’s digital unit to use J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys for payments and settlement

Trade associations urge US agencies to recalibrate eSLR and TLAC by 2026

CFTC boosts market surveillance with Nasdaq tech

HSBC completes cross-currency repo transactions and rehypothecates collateral on HKMA’s Repo Connect

EFG Hermes first Saudi-based client to go live on EquiLend NGT

US Court halts SEC short selling disclosures and remands SEC

Bloomberg: Türkiye officials to let short selling ban expire in end-August

Finance Research: the role of quantum technologies in asset pricing

Bloomberg: South Africa flags new rules for derivatives clearing, might include repo

State Street Becomes First Third-Party Custodian to Launch on J.P. Morgan’s Digital Debt Service

Bundesbank: Collateral easing and safe asset scarcity: How money markets benefit from low-quality collateral