ISLA CEO calls on global regulators to revisit SFT reporting alignment
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ISLA CEO calls on global regulators to revisit SFT reporting alignment 29 May 2020London Reporter: Drew Nicol
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Global regulators must better align their reporting requirements for securities financing markets to maximise transparency, says the International Securities Lending Association鈥檚 (ISLA) CEO, Andrew Dyson.
With the EU鈥檚 Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) due to come into effect in July, the time has come to revisit the issue of better and more coordinated actions at a global level, Dyson writes in his latest blog post.
Such an effort would be required to get the most out of the transparency such a detailed reporting regime will afford, he explains.
鈥淚 have said many times in this blog that SFTR has presented considerable challenges to the market, and that we have discussed openly and candidly with our members as well as the regulatory community about the need for such detailed reporting measures.
鈥淭his debate has been further fuelled by the absence of similar regulatory regimes elsewhere, especially in North America where the current administration sees this type of reporting in a very different light.鈥�
Dyson goes on to note that the 鈥渁pparent lack of global coordination鈥� raises questions in Europe where firms may feel the relatively high level of regulatory scrutiny 鈥減uts them at some sort of commercial disadvantage鈥�.
The G20 meeting scheduled for November in Saudi Arabia, Dyson says, represents 鈥渁 perfect opportunity鈥� to address these issues and lay down foundations to foster closer alignment on macro-financial stability issues.
His call for collaboration on reporting regimes dovetails with similar ambitions voiced by the chair of ISLA鈥檚 Council for Sustainable 麻豆影视传媒 (ICSF), Radek Stech, who has outlined a vision of creating a global network of partners to adopt a set of universal principles for sustainable securities lending (PSSL).
Since forming in February, ICSF has partnered with regional securities lending associations in Canada and South Africa, and Asia to develop and promote its PSSL for global acceptance.
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