Deutsche Bank has dodged a €167 million cum-ex tax bill after Frankfurt Regional Court found it was not liable to pay for MM Warburg’s capital gains taxes
22 September 2020Thailand Reporter: Natalie Turner
PASLA has welcomed the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s decision to remove the uptick rule on short selling from next month and are encouraging other Asian markets to follow suit
Short sellers in EU markets must continue to report positions of 0.1 percent of issued share capital until mid-December to offset concerns of a second wave of COVID-19
In a briefing note, ICMA outlined that as part of the broader review of the CSDR mandatory buy-in framework, the requirement to appoint a buy-in agent should be removed
Due to a host of issues and on-going challenges, 11 trade associations are requesting a one-year reprieve from possible fines and penalties for non-compliance
Karan Kapoor, head of regulatory change and technology at Delta Capita, suggested the key will be to make settlement efficiency improvement a joint objective for front-office and operations teams
A further delay to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation's settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022 has been welcomed by industry participants