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Vienna Stock Exchange Launches New Sector Indices

Today, the Vienna Stock Exchange started calculating and publishing new sector indices for the ATX and CEESEG (CEE Stock Exchange Group whose subsidiaries are the exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna) to round off its range of indices and meet market demand. The ATX sector indices are based on the companies in the ATX…

CPSS and IOSCO Trade Repositories Paper Promotes Global LEI and International Product Classification System

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) joint working group last week produced a consultative report on the means via which OTC derivatives data should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories across the globe. The report notes the information gaps that currently exist in…

Sapient Global Markets’ Szybillo Backs Swift and DTCC as FX Trade Data Repository Providers

Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) are pursuing a number of opportunities within the data infrastructure sphere, one of which is the establishment of a new global FX trade data repository. The idea has found favour with a number of industry associations and Alicia Szybillo, senior manager of Sapient Global Markets, reckons…

HSBC’s Treacher Reckons Swift’s ISO Standards History Will Stand it in Good Stead for LEI Issuance

Marcus Treacher, head of e-commerce and client experience for HSBC’s Global Transaction Banking division, is a key supporter of Swift’s ambitions in the securities space and reckons its experience of ISO standards in other areas of its business will be beneficial in its role as the potential issuer of a new legal entity identification standard….

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Proposes New Trade Data Repository Reporting Standards, Keeps a Close Eye on LEI Developments

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) recently published consultation paper on reporting to the Hong Kong Trade Repository (HKTR) indicates that the regulator is aware of the “considerable amount of time” it will take for firms to be ready for reporting and that international standards developments need to be factored into the equation. The paper,…

Canadian Regulator Stresses the Importance of Keeping in Line with International Data Standards

The Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) trade repositories consultation paper, which was published at the end of June, reflects the importance the regulator is placing on keeping the country in line with international data standardisation efforts. The trade repositories proposals, which were put together by the CSA’s derivatives committee as part of its overhaul of the…

Additional International Consensus on the Proposed LEI Needed Before Rules Can be Issued in 2012, Says OFR’s Berner

Although the Office of Financial Research (OFR) was due to issue a rule regarding the adoption of its proposed legal entity identification (LEI) standard before the end of last month, the deadline has slipped due to the need to gain additional international input on the subject, according to the Treasury’s Richard Berner. Berner, who was…

AFME Pledges Support for a Consolidated Tape, Gathers Info on Post-Trade Transparency for Non-Equity Markets

As part of its response to the European Commission’s proposals under the second iteration of MiFID, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has championed the cause of a consolidated tape for post-trade equity data in the region. However, although it acknowledges the need for greater transparency in the non-equity markets, the industry association…

Costs of Living Wills Requirements Likely to be Considerable But Are Hard to Estimate, Says Kinetic Partners’ Shrimpton

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has just released a new consultation paper on its proposals for recovery and resolution planning requirements, which estimates that the direct costs of implementation will be between £4 million and £35 million for “high impact” firms and the ongoing compliance costs to the industry will be between £150 million…

New S&P Index to Represent the Global Macro/Managed Futures Universe

S&P Indices has launched the S&P Systematic Global Macro Index (SGMI), which aims to reflect price trends of highly liquid global futures, representing the general level of volatility taken by managers in the global macro and managed futures/Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) space. The Index is diversified globally across 37 constituents, falling into the six most…