Finally, the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation was supposed to start having a real impact with the first batch of reporting obligations going live on 13 April. But in times of the Coronavirus pandemic, nothing goes as planned, and ESMA has now provided guidance regarding the SFTR deadlines. Here is why this is important and what …
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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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a final report on standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of securities financing transactions (SFTs). With these transactions cash or securities are borrowed against collateral composed of securities, commodities or cash – this includes repurchase transactions, securities …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a research piece on shadow banking published in its recent report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities (TRV). The piece provides a stock-take of the multi-trillion€-large market for securities financing transactions (SFTs) in the European Union and firms’ use of collateral haircuts. ESMA’s research aims at understanding the …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a consultation paper on draft technical standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of shadow banking activities. Securities financing transactions (SFTs) are transactions where securities are used to borrow cash (or other higher investment-grade securities), or vice versa …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to the Discussion Paper on draft RTS and ITS under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). The SFTR, published in December 2015, is the European Union’s response to the global initiative to bring more transparency to shadow banking activities. The new rules on …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a Discussion Paper (DP) on rules under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). The SFTR, published in December 2015, is the European Union’s response to the global initiative to bring more transparency to shadow banking activities. The new rules on transparency require both financial and …
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