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Kaizen Reporting buys majority stake in London Reporting House

08 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

With the equity purchase, London Reporting House’s repo market tools and analytics will be available through Kaizen’s web-based regulatory information and compliance platform known as Kaizen Hub

SEC’s Gensler spotlights asset protection risks with crypto custodians

06 March 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Just because a crypto trading platform claims to be a qualified custodian doesn’t mean that it is, SEC chair observes in statement to Investor Advisory Committee

Majority of UK firms unprepared for EMIR REFIT, Novatus finds

27 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The ‘EMIR REFIT Readiness Report’ polled 100 market participants on their current plans for the new regulation, scheduled to come into effect in April 2024

European Parliament accepts EC’s ELTIF proposals

16 February 2023 Belgium
Reporter: Lucy Carter

A series of legislative changes were suggested by the EC, including bringing a wider range of assets under the regulation’s mandate, sanctioning investments in fintechs and green bonds, and increasing the market capitalisation threshold

BoE issues guidance on outsourcing and third-party risk management for CCPs

09 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of England’s supervisory statement specifies how CCPs should meet their regulatory requirements for outsourced services, with a compliance deadline set for 9 February 2024

Proxymity collaborates with FIS to launch new proxy voting service

01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new solution has been introduced to help clients fulfil their ESG goals and Shareholder Rights Directive II regulatory requirements

TradeHeader joins REGIS-TR’s partnership programme

01 February 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The programme seeks to bring together companies in the regulatory reporting space, aiming to provide clients with improved efficiency and the operational advantages offered by leading industry brands

ICMA publishes new post-trade framework for EU-traded sovereign bonds

26 January 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ICMA says the initiative will help to inform the current discussions among policy makers in the ongoing MiFIR review, and should help “pave the way for the inclusion of meaningful, well-calibrated” sovereign bond data in the EU bond consolidated tape