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UAE authority approves NBAD for lending activity

05 August 2015 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Securities and Commodities Authority in the UAE has granted approval for the National Bank of Abu Dhabi to engage in securities lending and borrowing activities, making it the first bank to receive approval...

Stable funding key to expansion, says Wolters Kluwer

03 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks should be cautious about expanding their business and should avoid an over-reliance on wholesale funding, according to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services...

Taiwan to relax securities lending and borrowing rules

16 July 2015 Taipei
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is set to relax rules on securities borrowing and lending from 1 January 2016, according to reports...

SFTR text is published at last

09 July 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU Securities Financing Transactions Regulation’s text has finally been released for public scrutiny...

ECB demands more collateral from Greece

07 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Central Bank has adjusted the haircuts on collateral that the Bank of Greece can accept for emergency liquidity assistance, turning the screw on the country’s already fragile banking system...

FSB launches shadow banking risk review

06 July 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Financial Stability Board has launched a peer review on the implementation of its policy framework for the financial risks posed by non-bank financial entities...

Greece adds short selling ban to the mix

01 July 2015 Athens
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A complete ban of short selling was enforced across Greece on 30 June as the country attempts to prevent its economy from collapsing...

Greek regulator fines funds over naked short selling

29 June 2015 Athens
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Greece’s securities regulator has fined dozens of funds for naked short selling...

GCF repo settlement reform to extend into 2016

29 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The last leg of the Tri-party Repo Infrastructure Reform Task Force’s seven-point roadmap for reform, the full alignment of GCF repo settlement with the new triparty settlement process, still needs to be completed, according to the Federal Reserve

Smooth start for T2S

22 June 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform has launched successfully today, as planned...

Securities Financing Transactions Regulation almost here

17 June 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU Securities Financing Transactions Regulation has moved a step closer to implementation after the law’s final text was agreed...

Fidelity criticises FSB’s G-SIFI methodology

17 June 2015 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

US asset manager Fidelity has rubbished the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) latest proposed methodology for designating large individual investment funds as global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs)...

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