News and Notes

ESMA: assessing portfolio exposures to climate physical risks

Pirum connects collateral management solutions to BNP Paribas

Bloomberg’s E-Arbitrator becomes VA in global LEI system

Murex integrates Kaiko’s digital assets data into MX.3

Richard Comotto: ESG-related repo – what do we know so far?

J.P. Morgan’s short-term investment platform connects to GLMX

FINOS drafts AI governance framework for FIs

LSEG to distribute CanDeal OIS and swap rates data

NowCM and Haniel go live with automated “NextGenCP” program

S&P Global: specials seclending surges in Q3

EU Commission joins Eurex’s repo market

BIS flags opportunities and risks of financial quantum

Murex, Baton: Basel III banking reforms expose “emerging chinks” in global finance armor

ICMA estimates sustainable CP market at €300bn

Caceis custodies tokenized French UCITS MMF issued on Ethereum

Turnleaf Analytics: FILS themes center on buy/sell side liquidity and consistency

People moves: Bank of Canada, Charles Schwab, Clear Street, DTCC, Euroclear, PanAgora, US SEC, State Street, Wematch

BusinessKorea: authorities pass beefed up short selling rules amid ban

AMB Crypto: CFTC advances using DLT for tokenized collateral

Clear Street acquires Instinet’s algo trading firm Fox River

Media reports: NY Fed’s RRP sees Q3 cash surge amid funding market volatility

AFME: global operating approaches in capital markets

Euroclear among 27 participants in latest RWA tokenization pilot on Canton

Euronext Securities acquires fintech Acupay

ECB blog: are hedge funds good or bad for market functioning?

ESMA publishes 2025 regulatory priorities

Meritsoft launches “API-first” claims management tool

Caceis integrates fintech Nephelai’s AI into middle office

BMLL raises $21mn led by Optiver for global expansion

Bilyonaryo: Philippines central bank seeks to boost repo markets

ANZ partners with Chainlink on MAS’ tokenization project

Fed weighs pre-positioned collateral at discount window among liquidity reforms

UK releases draft consult for T+1 by end-2027

People moves: Citi, Exegy, PASLA, Pirum, SEB, SIX, State Street, Tadawul, TD Bank, Tradeweb, WISF

Fed SCOOS survey shows stable securities financing conditions

NY Fed’s Perli on repo market pressures and reserve conditions

ECB delays ECMS launch to H1 2025

SNB to expand eligible collateral for bank emergency liquidity

MTS launches multi-D2C fixed income trading platform with repo

BoC to replace repo operations with seclending program on Oct 2

SEB picks Broadridge for international post-trade processing

OpenGamma details 2022 gilt margin vol ahead of BoE stress test

Euroclear white paper on European CSDs and Post Trade: Unlocking scale and competitiveness in Europe’s markets

NY Fed says UST market liquidity improved in 2024

Euroclear improves end-to-end collateral schedule workflows

Business Times: US Basel Endgame plans hit bipartisan FDIC pushback

DTCC and Digital Asset publish results of tokenized collateral project

DTCC’s alternative investment service hits 2.5k clients

DSB data shows industry ready for UK UPI reporting

DLA Piper survey shows financial services want “clear line of sight” on AI, ESG regs