20 August 2020Luxembourg Reporter: Rebecca Delaney
Clearstream has selected WM Gruppe as a service provider for three central securities depositories to meet requirements under the second Shareholder Rights Directive
Cappitech has extended its support of regulatory regimes to include the Monetary Authority of Singapore over-the-counter derivatives transaction reporting through DTCC
14 August 2020London Reporter: Guest writer: Seb Malik
Part two of this series, first published in SLT 256 (July), breaks down the landmark decision handed down by a court in Bonn that marked the major step forward in the crackdown on cum-ex tax fraud
14 August 2020London Reporter: Guest writer: Seb Malik
In the first of a two-part series first published in SLT 255 (June), Market FinReg's Seb Malik takes a deep-dive into the murky world of cum-ex dividend schemes that have brought the reputation of securities lending programmes into disrepute
The multi-year, cross-border investigation has so far involved collaboration between three European supervisory bodies to track down the latest suspects in the on-going dividend arbitrage scandal
Institutional Shareholder Services has launched a global proxy distribution shareholder identification service to help custodians and intermediaries meet requirements under SRD II
ESMA has withdrawn the registration of NEX Abide Trade Repository AB as a licenced trade repository under EMIR as part of the service providers wind-down process
ICMA reports third week of SFTR data with repos continuing to lead the way on cash value but securities lending taking top spot for number of transactions