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BNY Mellon gets green light on new Saudi Arabia office
21 July 2020 Riyadh
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

BNY Mellon has received authorisation from the Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority board of commissioners to conduct custody activities in the country

EU-wide CCP stress test finds “significant” concentration risk
14 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney/Drew Nicol

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published the results of its third stress test exercise for the EU’s 16 CCPs which found that “concentrated positions represent a significant risk”

Synechron and SIX collaborate over Calypso
09 July 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Synechron has implemented its Calypso solution for Swiss Stock Exchange operator SIX

Azimut selects Northern Trust as custodian for its DIFC fund range
08 July 2020 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Northern Trust has been selected by Azimut (DIFC) Limited to provide asset servicing and portfolio reporting for its Dubai International Financial Centre funds in the Middle East

EACH responds to ESMA’s EMIR REFIT report
03 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EACH has responded to the ESMA first report for the consultation “Technical standards on reporting, data quality, data access and registration of Trade Repositories under EMIR REFIT”

Cboe Global Markets completes EuroCPP acquisition
03 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Cboe Global Markets has completed the acquisition of EuroCCP, combining the two pan-European organisations

EACH publishes proposals for CCP risk model changes under EMIR
30 June 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EACH has published its proposals for a robust and efficient process for CCP risk model changes and validations under EMIR Article 49

UnaVista and SteelEye partner after CME announcement
30 June 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

UnaVista has partnered with SteelEye to provide reporting services to financial institutions as they navigate the migration from CME’s European trade repository and NEX Abide regulatory reporting services, which are set to close in November 2020

KDPW reduces LEI issuance and renewal fees
25 June 2020 Warsaw
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

KDPW, the central securities depository of Poland, is set to reduce legal entity identifier (LEI) issuance and renewal fees, as of 1 July

HM Treasury sets out financial services regulation update in light of Brexit
23 June London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The UK will see a number of changes being made to its regulatory framework in the financial services space, including the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), following the announcement by HM Treasury’s chancellor of the exchequer Rishi

CSDR buy-in rules to be dropped by UK
23 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK will not include the Central Securities Depositories Regulation’s (CSDR) settlement discipline regime as part of its adoption of EU regulations post Brexit

ISDA, EBF and FIA write to ESMA on clearing regulatory technical standards
10 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The associations have set out steps for ESMA to undertake to prevent market participants from having to initiate and execute costly operational, legal and contractual compliance processes