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ESMA recommends delaying buy-in rules
27 September 2021 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The EU regulator has written to the European Commission urging it to reconsider a delay of the mandatory buy-in regime

AFME: The regulation of cryptocurrency is the ‘elephant in the room’
27 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In the context of the increasing growth of DLT, and the wake of recent market developments, AFME panellists discussed regulatory priorities in the digital assets space

Under-investment in post-trade has caused a lack of industry visibility into custodian expenses, survey finds
27 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The lack of firm-wide visibility into brokerage, custodian, exchange and clearing expenses is the result of under-investment in post-trade processes, a recent report by Meritsoft has concluded, after the group conducted an industry wide survey

AFME: Pandemic forced better data and technology resilience to combat operational risk
24 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an increased level of data and technology resilience for the financial sector, agreed a panel at this year’s AFME European Capital Markets Technology and Innovation Virtual Conference

Broadridge hires Mike Johnson as vice president
24 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Mike Johnson is appointed vice president and global product manager for derivatives clearing at Broadridge

Hazeltree prepares for UMR compliance
23 September 2021 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Hazeltree Collateral Management has been upgraded to allow clients to comply with phases 5 and 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules

Shortlist for AST Industry Excellence awards announced
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The shortlist for Asset Servicing Times Industry Excellence Awards has been published

J.P. Morgan bolsters asset servicing team
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Mike Collier has joined J.P. Morgan as the international asset servicing product lead for global custody, based in London

ALFI: Distribution is ‘the name of the game’ in Brazil
23 September 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In Brazil, the name of the game for international asset managers to tackle the market is distribution, according to Isabella Nunes head of sales Brazil J.P. Morgan Asset Management

UnaVista fined for EMIR data failures
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA has fined UnaVista Limited, the London-based trade repository, €238,500 for failing to ensure data integrity and failing to provide direct and immediate access for regulators to trade data through its EMIR reporting service

Industry working group reports on cyber threat to market infrastructure
22 September 2021
Reporter: Bob Currie

An industry working group, sponsored by the CPMI-IOSCO specialist group on cyber resilience, has published a whitepaper on data protection and validation in the face of cyber threats to FMIs

AFME report warns of barriers to adopting cloud services in capital markets
22 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A report by AFME and Protiviti reveals proposed solutions such as portability and multi-cloud strategies are likely to introduce further barriers to the adoption of cloud services