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ISLA produces CSDR FAQs
06 July 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The documents focus on how CSDR’s incoming mandatory buy-ins and cash penalty rules apply to securities lending transactions entered into under a GMSLA

The entire 2020 regulatory timetable may be compromised, says reg policy expert
30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With SFTR and CSDR on the horizon, 2020 was meant to be one of the busiest regulatory implementation years the securities finance industry had ever know. Those are now in tatters.

Tradeweb elects Berns to board of directors
27 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Former Tradeweb CFO Steven Berns has rejoined the firm as an independent director

FIS continues European securities finance sales hires
25 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

So far this year, FIS has welcomed a new sales team members from EquiLend and IHS Markit to promote its securities finance and collateral management services across Europe

FIS shuffles senior management and brings in new talent
23 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Andrew Murray takes the reins of FIS’ European sales for post-trade solutions, while Lee Bernini joins from IHS Markit as a senior sales executive

Comings and goings at IHS Markit securities finance team
07 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IHS Markit securities finance team has gained a sales director but is set to lose a product specialist

Kaizen Reporting adds to SFTR team
02 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Kaizen Reporting has brought on Tony Weedon from J.P. Morgan to bolster its SFTR team

UK’s FCA predicted to ramp-up non-compliance fines in 2020
20 December 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s market watchdog has already handed out hefty fines for non-compliance with MiFID II this year and this is expected to "intensify" next year

Tradeweb Markets launches new trading package on IRS platform
18 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Tradeweb multi-asset package functionality builds on the firm’s net present value list trading tool to enhance the execution of interest rate swaps, inflation swaps and government bonds in a single package

EXCLUSIVE: Two-thirds of firms will not be fully ready for SFTR go-live, survey shows
17 September 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Cappitech CEO Ronen Kertis said that the survey results indicate that some in the industry have not learned the lessons from navigating the builds for previous regulations and have continued to prepare in the eleventh-hour

Fed’s ‘hawkish’ rate cut is more ‘dovish' than realised
06 August 2019 Washington
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Fed’s decision to cut rates has created mixed opinions in the industry with deVere Group CEO arguing that if read between the lines, Powell’s statement is more dovish than markets have so far recognised

Credit Suisse bolsters EMEA prime finance team
26 March 2019 Zürich
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Credit Suisse bolsters EMEA prime finance organisation with four new appointments