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SFTR reporting is a means of data quality, says panellist
27 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

When it comes to SFTR, â€œit is not the goal to have 100 percent pairing and matching rates, they are means of data qualityâ€‌, according to Jochem Kimman, senior supervision officer, Authority for the Financial Markets Netherlands

Lendingblock gains in-principle licence as DLT provider
26 November 2018 Gibraltar
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Gibraltar Financial Services Commission has made an in-principle decision to grant Lendingblock authorisation as a distributed ledger technology provider

Payfare bolsters senior management team
26 November 2018 Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Payfare, Canadian fintech innovator, has bolstered its new senior management team as it positions itself for the next stage of growth

ESMA welcomes EU no-deal Brexit stance on central clearing
23 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has welcomed the European Commissionâ€™s communication on a contingency plan on central clearing in the event of a no-deal Brexit

SFTR will see some firms stop securities finance, says Simcorp product manager
23 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SFTR will see some firms stop securities finance activity altogether, according to Gernot Schmidt, product manager of regulation at SimCorp

KPMG survey: Some 44 percent of firms stress testing against Brexit
22 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Some 44 percent of firms had stress tested their business against Brexit, according to a recent KPMG benchmarking survey

Rod Jordan moves to HQLAلµ،
22 November 2018 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HQLAلµ، has hired Rod Jordan as senior technology operations manager

Hedge fund asset flows negative in October
22 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Hedge fund asset flows were reported negative in October as performance challenges have continued to be an issue, an eVestment report revealed

Top of hot stocks: REC Silicon ASA, Flybe Group, and Pinduoduo Inc
21 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

REC Silicon ASA topped the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa last week

Tammy Phillips establishes Asterisk Networks
21 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Tammy Phillips, formerly CEO of SBLNetworks, has set up Asterisk Network, a new peer to peer securities finance fintech

Be ready to use flexibility to provide liquidity in implementing SFTR
21 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Firms must be ready to use flexibility to provide liquidity for all the maturities in securities finance transactions

State Street reveals SWFs are adopting new asset utilisation techniques
20 November 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street Corporation and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds has released a new research paper, in which half of the IFSWFâ€™s member organisations surveyed said they are currently engaged in securities lending