News and Notes

LCH clears single name CDS referencing clearing broker

NY Fed and OFR publish 3 new ON repo rates

OneChicago trading volume plummets 53% in March yoy

OCC seclending CCP activity up 13% in March yoy

CME acquires NEX in $5.4 billion deal

ECB and BoJ analyze securities settlement systems: delivery versus payment in a distributed ledger environment

ESMA prohibits binary options and limits CFDs for retail investors

IHS Markit SFTR Solution Adds Five Industry Design Partners

NY Fed’s Dudley: systemic vulnerabilities remedied by CCPs, triparty and MMF reform

BoE goes beneath the surface of sterling money markets

Deutsche Börse and HQLA^X team up for securities lending blockchain

Reuters: LCH’s Paris unit gets repo euro clearing after Brexit

BIS mulls changes to market risk capital requirements

BIS: business models and dollar funding of global banks

Fed raises rates quarter-point, forecasts further increases

Brexit, cybersecurity, ICOs keep risk high for markets and investors, says ESMA

Major cyberattack impact should be mitigated cross-industry, says DTCC

IBA publishes ICE LIBOR test data

European Commission lays out plan for NPLs

ECB launches 2nd consultation on new euro unsecured ON interest rate

More big data regulation “premature” despite risks, say European authorities

US Senate passes bill rolling back financial reforms

IBA to publish test data for ICE LIBOR

ESMA’s Maijoor: EU benchmarks transition will end by 2020

SEC proposes changes to public liquidity risk management disclosure

Europe’s repo market at record €7.3tr, adapting to regulation, says ICMA

BCBS updates on jurisdictions with Basel III deviations

CPMI warns on cryptocurrencies while admitting tech’s “promise”

Deutsche Bank, Euroclear and Northern Trust partner on T2S

NY Fed statement on historical repo rate data

ESMA publishes responses for CCP margin measures consultation

SEC charges Voya subsidiaries for securities lending violations

Bundesbank’s Dombret on EU-US relations post-Basel III

BlackRock and MarketAxess expanding All to All credit markets to Asia

Moody’s: ECB’s changes to covered bond haircuts will increase CPT issuers’ repo funding costs

AcadiaSoft launches CollateralManager for buy-side

Richmond Fed researches measuring resolvability of large FIs

FSB releases SFT reporting guidelines

Euroclear to restructure on Brexit-related risks

Basel Committee gives passing grades for all Basel III banks and G-SIBs

International authorities tackle decline in correspondent banks due to red tape

Yonhap: Korea’s stock loans almost double in two years

Fed’s Quarles outlines regulatory agenda for foreign banks

NY Fed’s ARRC publishes 2nd report on LIBOR transition

IIAC provides update on NSFR and budget developments in Canada

FSB finds global shadow banking up 8% to $45.2 trillion in 2017 report

ISLA publishes securities lending report 2018, SFTR and ETFs in focus

ECB consults on capital and liquidity management for banks

OneChicago volume down 9% in February yoy

FCA’s Bailey discusses risk free rates, considers synthetic LIBOR proxy