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SFTS2019: DLT won’t solve all post-trade problems
13 May 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Distributed ledger technology may solve individual problems in post-trade, but it won’t replace all current systems, according to Rob Frost of Pirum

Q1 2019 sees reduced earnings for major programme providers
29 April 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Major programme providers have reported reduced earnings in Q1 2019 compared with Q1 2018, with reasons ranging from regulatory balance sheet constraints to absence of specials activity, says ISLA CEO

ICMA to minimise Europe repo disruption
15 April 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ICMA are working to minimise the potential disruption to the functioning and liquidity of the European repo and collateral markets ahead of CSDR regulation

SETL starts corporate reogranisation
01 April 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SETL will be focusing resources on developing and funding the establishment of the ID2S and IZNES platforms in Paris

Firms must use available tools to mitigate CSDR implementation impact
08 March 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

It is vital that firms utilise currently available tools to mitigate the impact of CSDR on legacy upgrades and technology solutions, according to Robert Frost and James Bell of Pirum.

ISLA: CSDR to help create new efficiencies in securities lending
26 February 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CSDR represents an important step in the harmonisation of EU CSD’s which create new efficiencies in settlement of securities lending transactions, ISLA says

ESMA to recognise UK CCPs and CSD in no-deal Brexit scenario
05 February 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Securities Markets Authority has agreed a deal with the Bank of England for the recognition of CCPs and of the CSD established in the UK, should there be a no-deal Brexit scenario

ISLA panellist: Regulation tends to focus the mind
05 October 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Regulation tends to focus the mind”, said one panellist at this year’s ISLA post-trade conference

ICMA: complications and ambiguities of CSDR
04 October 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Capital Market Association has published a discussion paper on Central Securities Depositories Regulation mandatory buy-ins and securities financing transactions

ISLA forms CSDR working group
26 July 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Securities Lending Association has formed a Central Securities Depositories Regulation working group

ICMA publishes CSDR briefing paper
26 July 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Capital Market Association has published what it describes as an information brochure on CSD Regulation mandatory buy-ins

‘Exciting time’ to be in capital markets, says ICMA chair
05 July 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Brian Bollen

In her debut foreword as ICMA’s chair, as part of ICMA’s Q3 report, DeFillipo cited regulatory changes, the emergence of new market participants and Brexit as key drivers of this excitement