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ICMA ERCC: 2018 Saw Noticeable Spike in Settlement Fails
By Jenna Lomax
January 16, 2019, Securities Lending Times
The end of last year saw a spike in settlement fails for securities settling on European central security depositories, according to …
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Treasury GC Repo Market Is Fragile – BAML
By Andrew Neil
January 14, 2019, Global Investor Group
The market for Treasury general collateral (GC) repo has become increasingly fragile and sensitive to shifting behavior of key market participants, …
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FICC Takes Firm Grip of U.S. Repo Market
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
January 14, 2019, Risk
Money market funds trading in the U.S. repo market are now placing more cash at the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation than at …
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Brexit Poll Part One: a Market Divided
By Sharon Kimathi
January 10, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
After several months covering the Brexit beat, Practice Insight journalists wanted to get to the crux
of the matter: exactly …
More Volatility Could Follow Year-End Repo Fireworks – JPM
By Andrew Neil
January 8, 2019, Global Investor Group
Year-end turbulence in the U.S. repo market serve as a reminder of what a lack of liquidity can do to funding …
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Repo Rate Hits 7.25% on Year-End Volatility
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
January 2, 2019, Risk
The cost of borrowing overnight cash in the U.S. Treasury repo market popped 147% from the open on December 31 to an …
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Trading Body FIX to Form Sec Finance Groups
By Andrew Neil
December 18, 2018, Global Investor Group
Trading standards body FIX plans to develop a number of different working groups focused on securities finance.
London-based FIX, which already …
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Post-Crisis Regulation Could Be ‘Detrimental’ for Repo and Sec Lending
By Maddie Saghir
December 17, 2018, Securities Lending Times
Post-crisis regulation requires further evaluation as it could be detrimental for repo and securities lending markets, according to a Global Financial …
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FX Swaps to Avoid Year-End Basis Blowout, Banks Say
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
December 17, 2018, Risk
Bankers are confident that as the year-end nears, financial markets won’t experience the turbulence of previous fourth quarters when the cross-currency basis …
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Trade Groups Welcome SFTR Sign-Off
By Andrew Neil
December 14, 2018, Global Investor Group
Trade groups have welcomed clarity around securities finance reporting rules after the European Commission approved legislation.
The European Commission finally adopted …
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