News and Notes

DTCC teams up with 4 major vendors for SFTR

ISDA releases machine-readable model of derivatives trading

NEX European repo volume up 15% in May yoy, US down 2% mom

FSB seeks peer review on TBTF resolution, focus on DSIBs and other banks

Nigeria’s central bank orders ₦1bn collateral cushion for OTC settlement

ESMA’s Maijoor injects urgent note to benchmark stability and integrity

OneChicago volume drops 64% in May yoy

ESMA adopts CFD and binary options measures

OCC seclending activity up 23% year-to-date

ESMA updates Q&A on easy-to-borrow list and locate arrangement for CDS short sales

Fed wants industry to chime in on Volcker rule changes

BNPP Securities Services automates securities transfer between markets

ESMA publishes final report on EMIR anti-procyclicality margin measures for CCPs

ISDA says notional is not measure of risk, outlines use in derivatives regulation

IHS Markit in slew of activity: buying Ipreo for $1.9bn, selling derivatives processing unit while expanding it into Asia and Europe with CME, hires J.P. Morgan’s Wilson

BoE forum highlights transition away from LIBOR

Financial stability up but so is risk taking, says ECB

BIS’ Carstens blasts cryptocurrencies, says technology is no substitute for trust

Fed’s Quarles on liquidity regulation and size of balance sheet

AMIC warns on regulatory threats to fund delegation

NEX Group sees bump in EU repo trading

ECB comments on Brexit transition period, intends third country “flexibility”

US Congress passes bank deregulation bill

ECB publishes comments on new euro short-term rate, names it ESTER

ISLA welcomes Spain securities lending consultation

AFME warns on EU Commission’s “safe asset” proposal

Tel Aviv bourse is developing a blockchain securities lending platform

BCBS and IOSCO issue criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitizations

Canadian players prove instantaneous equity settlement via DLT

Australian regulator consults on naked short selling

Shanghai bourse launches tri-party repo business

CME Group to List USD Eris Interest Rate Swap Futures

Broadridge gets blockchain patent for repo agreements and proxy processing

Dealerweb: CCLF obligation set to increase REG repo activity

Majority of institutional investors plan data management outsourcing by 2021, says State Street

DTCC sets settlement optimization launch for Q3 2019

Central banks call for industry action on wholesale payments fraud

European regulators consult on EMIR amendments for non-cleared derivatives

NY Fed weighs operational options in reducing its balance sheet

CCPs lag on risk management and recovery planning despite progress

OneChicago volumes drops 66% in April yoy

OCC seclending activity up 25% in April yoy

BoE greenlights incident reporting requirement for UK CCPs after industry feedback

ESMA finds 220 bonds in European market “sufficiently liquid” in Q1

Hoenig to step down as FDIC’s vice chair

ECB data show SFTs credit terms tightening in early 2018, except for hedge funds

BNY Mellon research finds prime funds have superior yields and consistent stability

ICE publishes LIBOR evolution plans

ISDA releases publications on margin, derivatives trading

ISLA publishes results of settlement survey