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ESMA registers first two repositories under the Securitisation Regulation
28 June 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European DataWarehouse, located in Germany, and Netherlands-based SecRep become the first two SRs to be licensed under this regulation

Apex Group’s Melville Rodrigues weighs in on the FCA’s climate proposal
28 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The FCA guidelines build on rules introduced in December 2020, applicable to the most prominent listed commercial companies in the UK, which uphold many of the recommendations of the Taskforce on climate-related financial disclosures

Ocorian acquires Nordic Trustee
25 June 2021 Norway
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Ocorian explains that the transaction reflects its strategy to further build its capital markets offering

BoE confirms supervisory action against Euroclear UK and Ireland following settlement outage
25 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of England has initiated supervisory action against Euroclear UK and Ireland in connection with an outage in its CREST settlement system in September 2020

LCH EquityClear boosts services offering
25 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EquityClear is LCH’s UK-registered equities clearing service, with connectivity to 16 trade venues and 19 Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) across Europe

Ivno and CloudMargin combine blockchain technology with collateral management
24 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership will enable market participants to benefit from minimising transfer costs, settlement failures and cash trapped in transit while optimising liquidity via tokenisation solutions

Exclusive: Consensus risk data reveals signs of strain in the core plumbing of the financial system
24 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The data reveals that banks of all types have seen their credit quality decline with the largest shift being in Latin American banks, as seen by a 14:1 ratio showing far more deterioration than improvement

Apex Group bolsters Netherlands team with new appointment
24 June 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has appointed Michiel van der Maat, as commercial director, corporate solutions

Six global banks to leverage SWIFT’s new transaction management platform
24 June 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The six banks are all preparing to use the platform’s expanded capabilities to enable new services, improve efficiency and reduce costs when the platform goes live in November 2022

UK regulator calls for feedback on climate disclosure rules
23 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

FCA proposals will potentially extend the list of companies covered by disclosure rules to include asset managers, insurers and FCA-regulated pension schemes

Broadridge to provide regulatory trade and transaction reporting for BayernLB
23 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Broadridge has been selected by Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) to streamline and consolidate its regulatory trade reporting commitments

HSBC gains new global custodian mandate from True Potential
23 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new mandate will see HSBC provide depositary, global custody, fund accounting and transfer agency services to these funds