News and Notes

Nasdaq: CCP competition will depend on collateral tech

BCBS warns on permissionless DLT risks and weighs mitigants

BIS and BoE to examine ISO 20022 use for data analytics

Arab Times: Kuwait clearinghouse introduces new securities lending service

ICMA sustainable repo survey shows collateral remains top priority

ESRB on banks’ vulnerability to deposit runs and LCR accounting

Bank Director: FDIC brokered deposits rule could upend bank balance sheets

Business Standard: Sebi seeks RBI support for corporate bond repo market

DTCC’s Ali on UK EMIR Refit prep

ESMA reviews H1 risks: real estate, corporate bonds, fund liquidity

SmartStream expands API architecture for real-time data on collateral management platform

TS Imagine launches Platform 3.0 with expanded data and AI tools

Freetrade taps Sharegain for retail securities lending

ReedSmith: GMSLA/GMRA digital annexes are “catalyst” for institutional adoption

Research shows best financial fraud benchmark is firm vs. sector revenue growth

Risk: UST clearing models emerge among major players

UBS fund removed as reverse repo counterparty at NY Fed

AIIB issues first USD DNN on Euroclear’s DLT platform

Bloomberg: surge in bank borrowing from BoE repo facility

People moves: ABN Amro, Broadridge, Houlihan, Kayenta, State Street

Pirum updates on reporting solution for US SEC’s 10c-1a

State Street taps Taurus for tokenization and digital custody services

ABN Amro live on nCino’s cloud for collateral management

Baton systems adds intraday liquidity management tools for bank treasury

ICMA/ISLA publish GMRA digital assets annex

Seeking Alpha: market dynamics boost ETF securities lending

Bloomberg: chief information execs to spend more on AI inferencing workloads

Trading Technologies acquires START platform

Australian regulator sues ASX over CHESS replacement

US SEC charges 26 firms $390mn for recordkeeping failures

HSBC, DBS among banks tapped by Singapore’s MAS for quantum security

BoC: explaining the CORRA/repo gap after T+1

ECB publishes new rules for ECMS

Fed’s Bowman raises bank M&A concerns, outlines discount window reforms

Germany’s KfW partners with Boerse Stuttgart for digital bonds and ECB CeBM trials

Bloomberg: call for regulatory probe into VIX surge after market vol

ISDA’s O’Malia warns on US SEC treasury reform readiness gaps

Euroclear upgrades collateral contract and schedule services

People moves: BoC, Eurex, Houlihan, Investec, ISI Markets, Maybank, NY Fed, Wells Fargo

CFTC obtains $12.7bn judgement against FTX and Alameda

Marketwatch: TSLombard estimates size of yen carry trade at $1.1 trillion

US legislation introduced for financial agencies to test AI tools

Market vol: 3/4 of global carry trade unwound, CCPs hold up as margin calls triple, Fed RRP balances drop

Evident: banks place biggest AI bets on internal tools

Bloomberg on compliance challenges of SEC short selling rule 13f-2

ICMA publishes new GMRA legal opinion for Ghana

TS Imagine launches CCP margin calculator for sell-side

US SEC postpones FINRA’s 10c-1a SLATE approval

ASX consults on CHESS replacement with T+1 outlook for 2029

US DoJ: Citron’s Left charged for $16mn securities fraud