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DTCC Opens New Chapter For Buyside Participation In Repo Clearing - The First Cleared Collateral Provider Sponsored Repo Transactions Have Been Completed By State Street Bank And Trust And Funds Managed By Capula Investment Management LLP.

Date 30/01/2018

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the start of a new era of buyside participation in the cleared repo market as State Street Bank and Trust Company and funds managed by Capula Investment Management LLP, complete the first cleared sponsored repo transactions as a collateral provider.

Reuters Reports Thomson Reuters In Deal For Blackstone To Buy Major Stake in F&R Unit

Date 30/01/2018

Reuters has reported that the Thomson Reuters Corp board has approved and signed a deal for Blackstone Group LP to acquire a majority stake in the company’s Financial and Risk business.

Michael Maloney, Enforcement’s Chief Accountant, To Leave SEC

Date 30/01/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Michael F. Maloney, Chief Accountant of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, is planning to leave the agency next month.

B3 Launches Early Closing And Reference Data Provision Service - UP2DATA Launch Will Enable Access To Financial Data In A More Timely Manner And In Formats Compatible With The Systems Currently Available On The Market

Date 30/01/2018

B3 announced the launch of UP2DATA, a market closing and reference data provision service that will provide early ready-made financial information to customers to facilitate the automation of their processes.

Finansinspektionen: Decision Regarding The countercyclical Buffer Rate

Date 30/01/2018

Finansinspektionen (FI) decided on 29 January not to change the countercyclical buffer rate. The buffer rate of two per cent, which has applied since 19 March 2017, shall thus continue to apply. The countercyclical buffer guide is set at 0 per cent. 

Amman Stock Exchange: H.E Dr. Anani Meets Representatives Of Brokerage Firms

Date 30/01/2018

The chairman of the board of directors H.E Dr. Jawad Al Anani, in the presence of the Executive Management of the ASE met representatives of brokerage firms to discuss issues related to securities sector and the ways to activate the market.

FCA Statement On RBS's Global Restructuring Group

Date 30/01/2018

The FCA welcomes the statement by Royal Bank of Scotland, given at todays Treasury Committee hearing, that they will not object to the FCA publishing the s166 report into the treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group.

Results Of The December 2017 Survey On Credit Terms And Conditions In Euro-Denominated Securities Financing And Over-The-Counter Derivatives Markets (SESFOD)

Date 30/01/2018

• Little change in credit terms, but clients’ efforts to negotiate more favourable terms intensify
• Little change in liquidity and functioning of markets
• Market-making activities increase for debt securities, but decline for derivatives

Thomson Reuters In Advanced Talks To Sell Financial And Risk Business To Blackstone

Date 30/01/2018

Thomson Reuters said in a statement issued late on Monday that “it is in advanced discussions with Blackstone regarding a potential partnership in its F&R business.”  According to an entry on a website popular with current and former Reuters staff, Thomson Reuters is in advanced discussions with the US private equity buyout firm to sell a majority stake in its financial and risk business.

FESE: European Capital Markets Fact Sheet 2017

Date 30/01/2018

The European Capital Markets Fact Sheet, based on FESE's monthly statistics, highlights the main developments in theEuropean capital markets in a simple to view format.