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Denmark charges two British traders for $1.5 billion cum-ex tax fraud

14 January 2021 Denmark
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The men face up to 12 years in prison if found guilty, while the prosecutor says it will pursue and bring charges against other known individuals in the coming months

ISLA to expand clause library and taxonomy subgroup

14 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The subgroup aims to align variant terms in ISLAâ€™s securities lending documentation, creating standardised business outcomes which will support links between legal documentation and the CDM architecture

Exclusive: Stonewain gains Patrick George from FIS

14 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

George has spent the past 25 years at FIS and will join Stonewain to work directly on EquiLend Spire and all other related products

MarketAxess appoints new COO for EMEA and APAC

13 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Raj Paranandi is set to depart UBS and join MarketAxess as its COO for EMEA and APAC in March

EC approves LSEG acquisition of Refinitiv

13 January 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The commissionâ€™s conditional approval of LSEGâ€™s acquisition of Refinitiv also makes Euronextâ€™s successful purchase of Borsa Italiana from LSEG much more likely

Trump tackles covert Chinese military funding, causes securities lending confusion

13 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC and other US market infrastructures spent last week scrambling to decipher how president Donald Trump's executive order aimed at cutting-off funding to the Chinese army via trading in the US would affect the securities lending market

WFE defends exchanges from blame of COVID-19 related spikes in margin requirements

12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

â€œProcyclicality is a function of the ecosystem and needs to be examined holistically. CCPs exist to manage and mitigate risk and they understand their responsibility to the system. We call on other stakeholders to do the same,â€‌ comments WFE CEO

Eurex Repo reports 2020 volume boost

12 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Overall, the Deutsche Boerse-owned marketplace for secured funding and financing, saw term-adjusted volumes grow by 10 percent year-on-year, despite a drop-off in December

LCH clearing volumes skyrocket in 2020

12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH delivered strong volumes throughout 2020 while launching new products and services amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Final phase of SFTR goes live

11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The final phase of the EUâ€™s SFTR is now live, bringing in non-financial counterparties, while also widening UK-EU regulatory divergence post Brexit

ISLA lays out 2021 road map

11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The trade body has set its sights on an ambitious list of projects for the year ahead but the higher price tag for members risks acting as a barrier to entry for smaller market participants, according to some market observers

CFTC and ESMA sign second MOU on derivatives clearinghouse recognition

11 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The two market regulators last week signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cross-border supervision of US central counterparties licenced by ESMA under EMIR

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