News and Notes

SEC and CFTC propose lower margin rules for security futures

EBA sees European bank Basel III shortfall at EUR 135.1 billion

FSB publishes review of TLAC Standard

OCC seclending CCP volumes down 10.6% in June 2019 year over year

BIS to set up Innovation Hub for central banks

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Bloomberg: Democrats Back Wall Street Push to Free Up $40 Billion in Margin

Fed passes 18 banks on CCAR, Credit Suisse to address “limited weaknesses”

Risk: LCH and Eurex create fix for floating repo’s Eonia problem

State Street Settles SEC Charges for Adding Undisclosed Markups on Client Expenses

Basel Committee finalizes Leverage Ratio revisions for client margin and window-dressing for SFTs

Bank of England: discussion paper on risk management approach to collateral referencing LIBOR for use in the Sterling Monetary Framework

BNYM: Sponsored Repos are Surging

FCA confirms recognition of the FX Global and UK Money Markets Codes

Basel Committee: The costs and benefits of bank capital – a review of the literature

IHS Markit and Cappitech integrate on SFTR reporting

DTCC Sponsored Service Achieves Key Milestone in Treasury Market Clearing with Citadel Activity

ARRC Releases Preliminary Report on Potential Interdealer Cross-Currency Swap Market Conventions

IOSCO examines liquidity in corporate bond markets under stressed conditions

Reuters: China improves short-selling mechanism ahead of tech board launch

SEC Adopts Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants and Amends the Capital and Segregation Requirements for Broker-Dealers

Bank of England working paper: Bank funding costs and capital structure

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Basel Committee seeks to improve Leverage Ratio for margin, Securities Finance Transactions

Calypso and IHS Markit partner on SFTR reporting

ESMA to hold an open hearing July 15 on SFTR reporting, articles 4 and 12

SEC: Wedbush to Pay More Than $8.1 Million for Improper Handling of ADRs

Broadridge Launches SFTR Change Management Service

Rabobank, Pirum Systems and IHS Markit complete successful end-to-end test for SFTR reporting with DTCC’s Global Trade Repository

National Bank of Canada Joins EquiLend Ownership Group

SEC: ICBC affiliate to pay more than $42 million for ADR mishandling

FT: Deutsche Bank to set up €50bn ‘bad bank’ as part of overhaul

WSJ: Hong Kong’s Clout as a Global Financial Center Clouded by Uncertainty

ISLA publishes Institutional Investor Guide to Securities Lending, in association with Finadium

The Trade: Barclays to provide US client swaps clearing through Eurex

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Tradition picks Paris to “future proof” EU derivatives venue

Associated British Ports first to move bond benchmark from LIBOR to SONIA

Wells Fargo starts prime services for outsourced and agency trading

Hong Kong SFC: Prime services and related equity derivatives activities

Reuters: Prosecutors suspect 70 Deutsche Bank managers in dividend tax probe

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CPMI and IOSCO publish for public comment a paper on CCP auctions

LCH: Best Practices in CCP Risk Management

BoE official reveals early results of financial AI adoption survey

FSB publishes user guide for overnight risk-free rates

FSB publicly consults on resolution-related disclosures and on the operationalisation of bank recovery and resolution

OCC seclending CCP up 0.3% in May 2019 year over year

ECB provides a one-off spread between €STR and EONIA

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