The first short selling transactions took place on 29 December marking the first time offshore investors could participate in margin financing and short selling transactions on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges
Despite a year of pandemic-fuelled turmoil, which usually leads to strong returns in the securities finance universe, the market recorded $7.66 billion last year compared to $8.66 billion for in 2019
The Italian Banking Association is experimenting with how a digital euro could be utilised by central banks to improve efficiency in repo markets and other activities
The association suggests that firms involved in securities financing should evaluate the scalability of existing operations and technology systems to accommodate large volumes of repo special issue trading in a negative environment
As of November 2021, security-based swaps entities must register with the SEC and will be subject to various requirements, including capital, margin and segregation
ESMA鈥檚 final EMIR Refit RTS largely reflect the original proposals included in the consultation paper and focuses on further harmonisation of the reporting requirements