The European Central Bank (ECB) looks set to cut rates for the first time since 2019 on Thursday, but what happens thereafter is a bigger puzzle. Inflation has neared the […]
Cut rates – then what? Five questions for the ECB Read More »
Ever since the global financial crisis, central clearing has been one of the main responses to ensuring financial systems are healthy and secure. In the derivatives world, the plain vanilla,
Derivatives Clearing: The Direction of Travel is Clear Read More »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its Position Paper on “Building more effective and attractive capital markets in the
ESMA makes recommendations for more effective and attractive capital markets in the EU Read More »
In Stockholm on 4 September, this European top-level panel will look into the drivers and obstacles when it comes to cross-border competition among financial market infrastructure operators. Will the EU’s
Come and learn when Europe’s infrastructure competition will be perfect Read More »
The European Central Bank (ECB) recently published the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) annual report for 2023, revealing a total transaction value of €200.75 trillion. The figure marked an increase of 8.99 per
T2S annual report: Settlement efficiency still a “key topic” Read More »
Rapid Addition, a provider of financial information exchange (FIX), and Chainlink, a decentralised blockchain oracle network, have announced the joint development of a FIX-native blockchain adapter. Link: Institutions – here’s
Institutions – here’s a potential shortcut to tokenised assets Read More »
The case for a European Central Bank interest rate cut in June is getting stronger as services inflation is finally starting to ease, ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane told Spanish
ECB rate cut case getting stronger, says chief economist Lane Read More »
The bank failures of 2023 threw single-name credit default swaps into the limelight. Regulators are now contemplating mandatory clearing for these derivatives, even while a debate about the validity of
Mandatory central clearing for CDSs “not the holy grail solution” Read More »
New reporting fields, a shift to the ISO 20022 format, and the synchronisation of reporting standards between differing regulatory regimes – these are just some of the new complexities introduced
DTCC: EMIR refit a complex but significant step Read More »
ING Groep, reported on Thursday lower first-quarter net interest income, a key measure of earnings from loans minus deposit costs, as higher interest rates led to increased funding costs in
ING’s quarterly net interest income drops as higher rates lift funding costs Read More »
