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US equity shorts deliver alpha

20 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deepening sell-off in US equities has presented opportunities for long-short managers, with the most heavily shorted shares underperforming the broader market, says Sam Pierson of IHS Markit

Central banks join forces to provide fresh dollar and euro liquidity

20 March 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Central bank across the world, including the US Federal Reserve, the ECB, BoJ and BoE, have begun a coordinated action to ensure euro and US dollar liquidity is boosted to combat widespread market disruption

DTCC begins SFTR pre-production testing

20 March 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The post-trade services provider has opened its SFTR production environment for pre-production testing

CFTC extends UMR relief to ease pandemic disruption

19 March 2020 Washington DC
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has finalised a one-year extension of the initial margin compliance under UMR to allow firms more time to combat the business disruption caused by the coronavirus

Bank of England slashes funding rates to tackle COVID-19 chaos

19 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bank of England has reduced its overnight funding rate for a second time to help inject much-needed liquidity into the country's markets amid widespread disarray brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

ECB launches 鈧�750 billion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme

19 March 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ECB has launched the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme worth 鈧�750billion for the private and public sector securities market

SFTR delayed until July, legal explainer

19 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has requested NCAs do not enforce SFTR until July in response to industry concerns and the market chaos caused by the COVID-19 outbreak

ESMA halves threshold for short position disclosures

18 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ESMA says it is enforcing this precaution under the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and that is making it essential for authorities to monitor the markets to ensure financial stability and investor protection