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SFTS: Repo market is crucially important and prone to vulnerabilities

24 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo is the cornerstone of the financial system, a market which has become essential for liquidity and collateral management — “if the repo market does not work, none of it works,” said ICMA senior director Andy Hill

DBS becomes first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase via blockchain network

23 November 2022 Asia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DBS has become the first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase transaction on J.P. Morgan’s intraday repurchase application via Onyx Digital Assets

State Street launches peer-to-peer financing platform

17 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Venturi, built through a partnership with FinOptSys, will connect buy-side firms with new sources of liquidity in the global repo space

Astana exchange applies Exactpro’s testing framework for cloud-native Repo Market

17 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

To help increase the operational resilience of AIX’s Repo Market and provide information on its quality, Exactpro used th2 — a Kubernetes-driven microservices framework for functional and non-functional testing

European repo market size grows 10.9% YoY for June, says ICMA

31 October 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA’s ERCC has published the latest European Repo Market Survey which reveals the total value of repo contracts outstanding on 8 June 2022 as €9,680 billion, a record high

Repo market plays more active role in sustainable finance, says ICMA

26 October 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA’s Repo & Sustainability Taskforce has published a paper reflecting on recent market developments and explores the intersections between repo and sustainable finance

FSB examines repo market stability under stress conditions

20 October 2022
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Financial Stability Board has outlined policies to improve the resilience of liquidity access in stress conditions, which includes wider use of central clearing and attracting new non-bank intermediaries through “all-to-all” trading platforms

BoE launches Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility

10 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank of England has launched a Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility to avoid dysfunction in core funding markets, in line with the bank’s financial stability objective

Opinion divided on benefits of clearing in UST securities and repo markets

10 August 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

An ISDA survey finds that industry opinion is divided regarding whether central clearing would improve the efficiency and resilience of cash Treasury securities and repo markets

Euronext Clearing implements VaR-based margin methodology

22 June 2022 The Netherlands
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Euronext Clearing has introduced a new value-at-risk-based margin methodology for government bonds traded on MTS cash and repo platforms, as well as on MOT, EuroTLX and Hi-MTF platforms

LCH RepoClear SA upgrades its margin framework

21 June 2022 Paris
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Paris-based repo and cash bond clearing arm of LCH Group moved to a new VaR model on 20 June, with its €GC+ segment expected to follow in Q4 following integration with RepoClear SA

Global banks trial Finteum intraday repo and FX swap platform

14 June 2022 London
Reporter: Bob Currie

BNY Mellon, Barclays, Citi and NatWest Group are among 14 banks that have tested simulated intraday repo and intraday FX swap trades on the platform built by the London-based fintech, which is expected to launch in 2023

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