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COVID-19 delays spread to MiFID II

31 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MiFID II has become the latest regulation to see its timetable undermined by the business disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

The entire 2020 regulatory timetable may be compromised, says reg policy expert

30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With SFTR and CSDR on the horizon, 2020 was meant to be one of the busiest regulatory implementation years the securities finance industry had ever know. Those are now in tatters.

ESMA consults on technical standards on TRs for EMIR Refit

27 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The consultation will cover reporting to trade repositories, procedures to reconcile and validate the data, data access by the relevant authorities and registration of TRs

Basel III gets one-year deferral

27 March 2020 Basel
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Basel III is the latest regulatory framework to see its implementation timeline scuppered by the COVID-19 pandemic

ESMA scraps SFTR backloading requirements

26 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has clarified that it will not enforce SFTR��s backloading requirement

No evidence short selling drives market falls, says UK��s FCA

24 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

��All too often in the past regulators immediately introduced short selling bans on an assumption that they are significantly contributing to market volatility,�� says Sarah Nicholson, director of Consolo

German industry body fires back against calls for EU-wide short selling ban

23 March 2020 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment funds association BVI is the latest to question the effectiveness of short selling bans after a week of EU regulators acting to shield local equities from the COVID-19 market chaos

Austrian FMA prohibits short selling

23 March 2020 Austria
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Austrian financial markets regulator joins other EU markets in banning short selling

UK FCA clarifies SFTR backloading start date following three-month delay

20 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put to bed market concerns around how the unofficial three-month delay directed by ESMA yesterday will affect SFTR��s backloading requirements

CFTC extends UMR relief to ease pandemic disruption

19 March 2020 Washington DC
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has finalised a one-year extension of the initial margin compliance under UMR to allow firms more time to combat the business disruption caused by the coronavirus

Bank of England slashes funding rates to tackle COVID-19 chaos

19 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bank of England has reduced its overnight funding rate for a second time to help inject much-needed liquidity into the country's markets amid widespread disarray brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

SFTR delayed until July, legal explainer

19 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has requested NCAs do not enforce SFTR until July in response to industry concerns and the market chaos caused by the COVID-19 outbreak

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