Northern Trust and State Street join AFME board
Custodians join 24 other European wholesale banking groups on AFME’s governing body.
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Trade associations demand SDR delay following recent EC communication
AFME, ISDA and ISLA among trade bodies to deliver the concise message of delay the settlement discipline regime.
European Commission to consider changes to CSDR’s penalty regime
With just seven months to go until the go-live of SDR, market participants have grown increasingly worried that they will be unable to make the necessary changes to their operations to meet the rules.
Trade associations push European regulators for clarity on CSDR settlement discipline rules
The trade bodies said many firms will be unable to make the necessary changes to their operations to meet the rules under the current timeline.
Industry associations relentlessly protest the SDR buy-in regime
As the consultation period for Europe’s Settlement Discipline Regime concludes, industry associations again step up calls for the removal of mandatory buy-ins.
Operational resiliency among standout changes to AFME DDQ for 2021
The new version of the AFME DDQ also includes questions over how firms responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Network managers expect major changes to sub-custodian due diligence processes
Network managers may be forced to adopt virtual technologies to complete their due diligence processes of sub-custodians, however not all are in agreement of its merits.
AFME research shows market infrastructures bearing up well under COVID 19 strain
European capital markets have continued to operate well following the outbreak of COVID-19 according to new research from AFME.
Trade association heavyweights step up call for regulators to delay CSDR buy-in regime
The consensus among both buy- and sell-side firms is that the mandatory buy-in regime will have significant negative implications on Europe’s capital markets.
AFME’s DDQ at risk of being ‘simply another questionnaire’, warns tech expert
Technology firm says Association for Financial Markets in Europe due diligence questionnaire is at risk of becoming ‘simply just another questionnaire’.