“Regulation is limiting possibilities for the securities lending market”, according to Habib Motani, an international financial markets lawyer at Clifford Chance
The South African Securities Lending Association has raised serious concerns over the applicability of a proposed code of conduct for securities financing participants in the region
Adjustments are expected on the Supplemental Leverage Ratio (SLR) and Single Counterparty Credit Limits (SCCL) in the near future, following industry concerns
ESMA said those NCAs who did not identify good practices, would be consulted by ESMA on how they can make improvements in time for the MiFID II deadline
UK-based trade repositories may be forced to shoulder additional third-party recognition fees to operate under EU regulatory frameworks post-Brexit, according to proposed EU Commission rules
Of the 18 respondents to ESMA’s study, five aligned themselves with ESMA in calling for standardisation of haircut rules for MMFs engaging in reverse repo trades, while six others emphasised the need for flexibility
The collaboration means that firms trading on MTS’s new global collateral management segment will be able to use UnaVista’s trade repository to trade under SFTR