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CFR reassess central clearing for repos in Australia
29 July 2024 Australia
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Currently, there is no central counterparty that clears transactions in the Australian bond and repo markets, and so clearing occurs bilaterally

Digital Asset names Hoffmann Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs
29 July 2024 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

In his new role, Matthew Hoffmann will educate regulators and policymakers on key developments in distributed ledger and blockchain technology

ESAs publish final report on DORA draft technical standards
26 July 2024 Europe
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The report specifies the elements which a financial entity needs to determine and assess when subcontracting ICT services supporting “critical or important” functions

Ownera partners with Digital Asset on tokenised asset distribution
26 July 2024 UK
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Ownera’s routers will now feature a built-in Canton node, enabling interconnectivity with the Canton Network ecosystem of tokenisation applications and digital

Mizuho Bank joins LCH SwapAgent
25 July 2024 UK, Japan
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The service provides its members with centralised trade processing, margining and settlement of non-cleared derivatives, according to LCH Group

BoE sets out design for new financial stability tool
25 July 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Contingent NBFI Repo Facility aims to address episodes of severe dysfunction in the UK sovereign debt market

adesso launches AI tool to help with DORA compliance
25 July 2024 UK
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The SaaS solution will save financial firms time and money, release internal staff from routine tasks, and prevent human errors, says adesso

Market reforms to boost interest in KTB trading, study finds
25 July 2024 South Korea
Reporter: Daniel Tison

A new survey analysis of Korea treasury bonds has revealed a “significant untapped” market potential for KTB trading

Broadridge welcomes Runacres as President of APAC
25 July 2024 Japan
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Based in Tokyo, David Runacres will spearhead Broadridge’s APAC regional operations

BoE to shift to repo-led portfolio for ‘steady state’ vision
24 July 2024 UK
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The new BoE executive director for markets, Victoria Saporta, announced the move in a speech at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe conference

GLMX tops US$1 trillion in single day volume
24 July 2024 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

According to GLMX CEO Glenn Havlicek, July has established a “powerful trajectory” for the second half of the year

Baton Systems adds JSCC to its CCP network
24 July 2024 UK
Reporter: Daniel Tison

According to Baton Systems, clients will now have the ability to check eligibility and move cash and non-cash collateral to JSCC