20 January 2017 Washington DC Reporter: Drew Nicol
The US Թ and Exchange Commission has renewed its ties with the Hong Kong Թ and Futures Commission to further strengthen oversight of entities operating in both markets...
Australia's financial regulator is considering two new reporting standards for securities lending and repo transactions in order to maintain global regulatory parity...
16 January 2017 Washington DC Reporter: Drew Nicol
The US Թ and Exchange Commission has fined broker ITG more than $24.4 million for securities lending violations relating to the facilitation of naked short selling...
The US Թ and Exchange Commission has settled a first-of-its-kind cease-and-desist proceedings against the senior management of Wilson-Davis & Co, a Utah-based broker-dealer, for short selling violations...
Norwegian short sellers are currently unable to fulfil new short selling disclosure requirements due to the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority website experiencing ‘technical problems’...
09 December 2016Washington DC Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
SIFMA's managing director has urged the US House of Representatives to assess the cumulative impact of regulation on short-term financing, identifying “potential, but not exhaustive, areas of concern”...
Eurosystem central banks will now be able to accept cash collateral in their public sector purchase programme’s securities lending facilities, without having to reinvest it in a ‘cash-neutral manner’...
The European Central Bank will continue with a reduced version of it asset purchase programme until December 2017, after the original March 2017 cut-off...
The Hong Kong Թ and Futures Commission is aiming to reinforce market stability through new regulatory proposals that would require securities lending participants to ensure cash reinvestment strategies are “sufficiently liquid”...