It has been reported that Greece's capital markets regulator will lift a short selling ban now that the country's major banks have been recapitalised...
Large ETF providers in some jurisdictions have substantially increased the disclosure to investors regarding the collateral held and the use of securities lending, as well as the management of counterparty risk, said IOSCO...
The EU Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) would make it difficult to earn a profit from securities lending and repo if it is enacted in its current form, according to panellists at ISLA's annual conference...
Trade repositories will not reduce the potential for systematic risk in the securities lending market, according to an audience survey at the International Securities Lending Association’s annual conference in Prague...
‘Shadow banking’ was one of the worst terms that could have been coined to describe activities such as securities lending, according to Steven Maijoor of the European Securities and Markets Authority...
14 June 2013Brussels and New York Reporter: Georgina Lavers
The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) is urging regulators to exempt CCPs from the bail-in provisions of the banking recovery and resolution framework proposal...
The Chicago Board Options Exchange will pay a $6 million penalty and implement major remedial measures for “[failing] to enforce or even fully comprehend rules to prevent abusive short selling”...
The Bank of England has released a new article on central counterparties in light of its new responsibilities for the supervision of securities settlement systems and CCPs in the UK...
ISLA has responded in full to the Financial Transaction Tax, with stern implications that the tax as proposed would “close down” the securities lending market...
The EU’s new short selling regulation has had a positive effect on market transparency and reducing the risk of settlement failure in Europe, but adjustments do need to be made, the European Securities and Markets Authority has found...