The amount of capital that banking organisations will have to set aside to cover exposures in the stock lending market could increase significantly, said a report on the issue...
The Swiss stock exchange SIX has announced its intention, alongside Scoach Switzerland and Swiss regulator FINMA, to add to regulations concerning short selling...
Regulatory mechanisms “fall short” as a comprehensive, market-wide approach to fire sales that can result from securities financing transactions, according to Federal Reserve governor Jeremy Stein...
13 September 2013Brussels Reporter: Georgina Lavers
The Financial Transaction Tax as proposed will be levied not only on risky activities, but also on activities with genuine economic substance, said a document from the EU Council Legal Service...
The International Թ Lending Association (ISLA) have published a guide to using triparty collateral services under the ESMA guidelines for ETFs and other UCITS issues...
The US Federal Reserve has suggested establishing a fixed-rate, full-allotment overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility as an additional tool for managing money market interest rates...
New risk retention rules will dramatically shrink the collateralised loan obligation market, and prime brokers will not help the situation, said The Loan Syndications and Trading Association in a letter to US regulators...
The shares of three Portuguese banks were banned from short selling in the UK on 4 July. The Financial Conduct Authority imposed the ban, which was in force between 8am and 11.59pm, because of the volatility of recent trading...