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FCA Publishes New Webpages on SFTR

By Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel Lalone & Neil Robson on March 20, 2020

Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments

On March 11, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the following new webpages on the Securities Financing Transactions (SFTR):

an overview of SFTR (available here);
an overview of the EU SFTR reporting obligations (available here); and
a non-exhaustive library for EU and UK SFTR links and information (available here).

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ESMA Publishes Public Statement on COVID-19 and Reporting Obligations

By Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel Lalone & Neil Robson on March 20, 2020

Posted in EU Developments, Financial Markets

On March 19, 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a public statement regarding the reporting requirements and registration of EU trade repositories (TR) under the Securities Finance Transactions Regulation (SFTR) in light of the recent adverse developments of the COVID-19 pandemic (the Public Statement).
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