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European exchanges pledge to stay open

18 March 2020 Belgium
Reporter: Natalie Turner

European Exchanges are vowing to remain open despite deteriorating market conditions brought on by the rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide

Enfusion appoints new vice president

18 March 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Former FIS securities finance director Madalin Prout has joined Enfusion as vice president for relationship management

Trade bodies call for SFTR delay in light of COVID-19 pandemic

17 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA and ICMA have sent a joint letter to ESMA requesting a delay to SFTR until October to mitigate the huge strain put on in-scope firms to meet the current April deadline in the midst of a global pandemic

South Korea bans short selling for six months

17 March 2020 Asia
Reporter: Natalie Turner

South Korea imposes the longest ban seen so far to stabilse the market amid coronavirus-fuelled market sell-off

ISLA delays annual conference until 2021

17 March 2020 VIenna
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association cited the â€œcurrent uncertainty as to the future development of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)â€‌, as driving the decision to delay its annual event until next year.

Superannuation fund UniSuper suspends lending to thwart short sellers

16 March 2020 Melbourne
Reporter: Drew Nicol

â€œWe are now in a market gripped by panic and we believe that restricting the ability to short sell is in the best interest of promoting a more orderly market," says UniSuper CIO

CloudMargin hires new head of client services

16 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CloudMargin has named Miriam Marascio as its head of client services, based in London

UKâ€™s FCA â€œunlikelyâ€‌ to ban short selling

16 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FCA has so far stopped short of imposing a short selling ban on any UK stocks and is unlikely to do so, according to Nick Bayley, managing director and head of Duff & Phelpsâ€™ compliance and regulatory consulting practice

Pierpoint launches online securities lending training course

16 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The securities finance-focused boutique consultancy firm has produced an online introductory training course for securities lending participants

Spanish regulator bans short selling amid coronavirus driven sell-off

13 March 2020 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ban is in effect for Fridayâ€™s trading sessions and applies to all liquid shares whose price has fell by more than 10 percent and all illiquid shares whose price that fell by more than 20 percent on Thursday

Eurex expands OTC clearing services to Japan

13 March 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The gate now stands open for Eurex Clearing to offer its services directly to one of the largest ETD and OTC derivatives markets

REGIS-TR teams up with GLMX on delegated SFTR reporting services

12 March 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The SFTR reporting service arms race continues to escalate with REGIS-TR and GLMX the latest to collaborate on a hosted service

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