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EquiLend's Swaptimization goes live in US
10 December 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Swaptimization solution is now live in the US and will be available in Europe and Asia in 2020

RepoClear clears first variable rate repo indexed on â‚¬STR
09 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RepoClear has cleared its first Variable Rate Repo trade indexed on â‚¬STR, with Credit Suisse among the first participants to clear the new rate at the clearinghouse, LCH

ISLA weighs up ESG factors following GPIFâ€™s sec lending removal
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Looking at short selling through an ESG lens could to a point be â€کmisleadingâ€™ ISLAâ€™s CEO says following GPIFâ€™s decision to remove its securities lending programme

ESMA names Robert Ophأ¨le acting chair of CCP supervisory committee
06 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The CCP supervisory committee is being established as part of the reform of the current regime for the authorisation, recognition and supervision of CCPs under EMIR 2.2

ISLA lists top five priorities in new manifesto
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SFTR data issues and supply of securities within the CMU27 were some of the top priorities on ISLA list

Euroclear Bank obtains CSDR licence
05 December 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Euroclear Bank has received a CSDR licence from its respective market regulator

MiFID II reporting quality and process struggles continue
05 December 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Firms are still struggling with reporting quality and process in relation to MiFID II, according to Cappitech second annual MiFID II and Best Execution Survey

Tesla CEO calls for short selling ban
05 December 2019 Palo Alto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

S3 Partnersâ€ڑmanaging director defended short selling, says it is â€ڑlegit, needed and necessaryâ€ڑto market liquidity

Nomura names new chair and board of directors for 2020
04 November 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nomura has made a series of management changes including appointing a new board chair and director

OCCâ€™s securities lending activity down for November
04 December 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCCâ€™s securities lending CCP new loans activity has decreased compared with November 2018

Worldâ€™s largest pension fund scraps securities lending programme
03 December 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Japanâ€™s public pension fund has called time on its securities lending programme citing a lack of market transparency as making it incompatible with its stewardship responsibilities

HQLAلµ، goes live with first trades
03 December 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS are among the first to have executed live transactions on HQLAلµ،â€™s DLT securities lending platform