Financial Services Commission cited concerns over fresh market volatility caused by a second wave of COVID-19 infections and plans to ratchet up penalties on illegal short selling activities
ISLA in partnership with Clifford Chance has published a series of letters aimed at guiding triparty collateral managers and agent lenders through SRD II
20 August 2020Luxembourg Reporter: Rebecca Delaney
Clearstream has selected WM Gruppe as a service provider for three central securities depositories to meet requirements under the second Shareholder Rights Directive
Cappitech has extended its support of regulatory regimes to include the Monetary Authority of Singapore over-the-counter derivatives transaction reporting through DTCC
14 August 2020London Reporter: Guest writer: Seb Malik
Part two of this series, first published in SLT 256 (July), breaks down the landmark decision handed down by a court in Bonn that marked the major step forward in the crackdown on cum-ex tax fraud
14 August 2020London Reporter: Guest writer: Seb Malik
In the first of a two-part series first published in SLT 255 (June), Market FinReg's Seb Malik takes a deep-dive into the murky world of cum-ex dividend schemes that have brought the reputation of securities lending programmes into disrepute
The multi-year, cross-border investigation has so far involved collaboration between three European supervisory bodies to track down the latest suspects in the on-going dividend arbitrage scandal