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The SFTR in a nutshell and how it will impact Shadow Banking

The practice of using financial instruments to borrow funds is known only to a small circle in the industry, though it has a turnover of trillion dollars each day. Following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007/2008, regulators around the world started to tackle the part of the shadow banking known as Securities Financing Transactions, but …

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EBA finds no significant increase in asset encumbrance

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its second analysis of the level of asset encumbrance across EU banking institutions. The report, which is part of a regular annual monitoring of asset encumbrance, aims to provide important elements for EU supervisors to assess the sustainability of banks’ funding sources and their ability to withstand funding …

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Head of ESMA speaks about reporting of repos and securities lending trades.

Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), today gave a speech at the International Securities Lending Association’s (ISLA) 25th Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference. The speech covers issues related to the availability of collateral and the reporting of repos and securities lending trades. He highlighted the importance of collateral …

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