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FCA claims first scalp in cum-ex tax fraud campaign

06 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FCA has fined Sapien for facilitating a dividend arbitrage scheme by Solo Group and its underlying off-shore clients, which were all connected to Sanjay Shah, and illegally collected withholding tax reclaims from the tax authorities of Denmark an

Former head of Hedge Fund Working Group warns change is coming

29 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Jonah Crane thinks the volatility and market stress of March 2020 means the revived Hedge Fund Working Group will be able to achieve what it could not in the past

Sanjay Shah vs SKAT: A cum-ex legal battle explainer

28 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The trial focused on the application of �쁃icey Rule 3�� which states that English courts have no jurisdiction enforce a penal, revenue or other public law of a foreign state

FSC finalises beefed-up short selling rules

20 April 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The revisions are designed to tighten short selling regulations before the lifting of the short selling ban early next month

Pass test to invest, South Korean regulator tells retail short sellers

20 April 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Alex Pugh

FSC finalises rules and safeguards for novice securities lending and short selling market participants ahead of 3 May go-live

Deadline looms for no-action period on 15c3-3 fully-paid lending programmes

19 April 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

In October 2020, SEC staff raised concerns that several broker-dealers were not fulfilling their obligations under Rule 15c3-3 by retaining control over the collateral used to secure borrowings of fully paid and excess margin securities

ESMA�셲 first SFTR data quality report makes light reading

16 April 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Despite a year of SFTR reporting, the European regulator�셲 data quality report is sparse on detail but ESMA says it�셲 on the case and will build out its findings next year

Continue to look the other way over LEIs, ESMA tells supervisory authorities

13 March 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The European regulator says national supervisory authorities should turn a blind eye to empty LEI fields until October next year on the same day the original 12-month grace period expires

Clearstream gains CSDR licence for ICSD

13 April 2021 Germany
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The post-trade service provider has been granted a CSDR licence for three of four CSD entities

ESMA publishes final report on TR transparency consultation

09 April 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The report and complementary guidance notes for TRs formalises previously communicated updates to the requirements for the scope, frequency and format the information to be shared with stakeholders and regulators under SFTR and EMIR

Yellen revives hedge fund oversight committee

07 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The new treasury secretary�셲 decision to look at the way hedge funds act as stressors on the markets may be a sign of incoming increased scrutiny under the Biden administration

UK regulator extends LEI reporting deadline

06 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

ISLA says it hopes that a similar reprieve will come from the European regulator before the 12-month grace period lapses next week

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