News and Notes

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

US executive order gives Treasury 90 days for SWF plan

Atlanta Fed: quantum could pose a $3.3trn Fedwire threat

Texas bourse raises $161mn and files as NSE

DTCC launches ComposerX for digital assets including ERC tokens

Broadridge combines NYFIX matching with Symphony messaging

AtlasClear Holdings to use LocBox’s stock loan system

Basel III implementation affirmed as Committee priority

Wematch receives US SEC approval as SEF for TRS

FT: Is Wall Street ready to stay up all night?

Major dealers support Bloomberg’s newly launched US Treasury algos for buy-side access

Tradeweb gets US SEC approval for CDS trading

NBFIs added to ESRB’s monitoring framework for systemic liquidity risks

Bloomberg: bond dealers conflicted over US Treasury head’s financing plans

Spain’s MAPFRE taps BlackRock’s Aladdin for operational overhaul

Orical: US SEC Form SHO does not require foreign equity short sales reporting

ECB and ESRB urge “positive neutral” approach to countercyclical capital buffers

Cboe Clear Europe spotlights SFT clearing in 2025 priorities

Euroclear and Microsoft to build “digital and data-enabled” FMI

FS-ISAC: 8 steps to manage financial services data with genAI

Pirum’s Veneziano on the questions raised by SEC 10c-1a

UK FCA publishes review of wholesale brokers’ money laundering defenses

Nomura expands Transcend partnership with inventory and intraday liquidity management

GrantThornton: US tax rules to change QDPs on seclending transactions to foreign related parties should be on radar

Bloomberg: EU financial chief suggests “coalition of the willing” for stalled CMU

FINOS: open source moves from cost-saving measure to strategic imperative in finance