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Cum-ex suspect put on Interpol 'most wanted' list

09 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Europol and Interpol today issued red notices for former-HypoVereinsbank employee Paul Mora in a bid to force him to face tax fraud charges in Germany

DNB to leverage Trading Apps securities finance solution

09 February 2021 Norwary
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norwayâ€™s largest financial services group DNB has signed on to use Trading Apps' full front-end software to enhance its securities finance capabilities

Clearstream and Eurex target enhanced repo netting capabilities

08 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Deutsche Boerse subsidiaries aim to tackle the â€œsubstantial balance sheet consumption from repo tradingâ€‌ that continues to constrain banks and broker-dealers and limits their ability to provide liquidity

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR

08 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing

South Korea to introduce securities lending to retail market

05 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Once short selling partially resumes in May retail investors can gain a qualification to enable them to directly borrow securities and short sell

US SEC requests comment on MMF reform options

05 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The SEC has requested industry comment on potential reforms to improve the resilience of money market funds in the wake of the 2020 COVID-disruption

Korea exchange launches task force in pursue illegal short selling crackdown

05 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The â€œspecial teamâ€‌ will be formed this month and aims to strengthen oversight of short sellers, while market makers also face a host of new stringent trading restrictions

Eurex Repo reports both GC Pooling and Repo markets volumes are down

05 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Eurex Repo has recorded that volumes are down in January for both the GC Pooling and Repo markets

GameStop was Januaryâ€™s biggest earner, global revenue starts strong

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

According to IHS Markit, January was most revenue generating month for US equity finance on record, with $41 million of the $453 million total coming from GameStopâ€™s short squeeze

MarketAxess reveals increase in the monthly trading volume for January 2020

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for January 2021 totalled $575.3 billion, which consisted of $236.5 billion in credit volume and $338.8 billion in rates volume

AcadiaSoft acquires Quaternion to bolster risk management capabilities

04 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Quaternion division of AcadiaSoft will be led by its co-founders CEO Donal Gallagher, and chief technology officer Roland Lichters

South Korea extends short selling ban

04 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

FSC chair Eun Sung-soo has confirmed the ban will not expire in March but will remain until 2 May, at which point short selling may resume on KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 stocks

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