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AFME promotes fair, orderly, and efficient European wholesale capital markets and provides leadership in advancing the interests of all market participants.

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1 March 2010

AFME / ESF and ISDA Response to ECB consultation

AFME / ESF filed jointly with ISDA a response to the European Central Bank's "Public Consultation on the Provision of ABS Loan-Level Information in the Eurosystem Collateral Framework". The response also includes comments on the option of a data portal, as well as proposed fields and definitions of the RMBS loan-level reporting template in the Annex.

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5 March 2010

ECB decision on Covered Bonds will increase liquidity

The European Central Bank's decision to make the portfolio of covered bonds bought under the Covered Bond Purchase Programme available for lending will improve overall liquidity in the covered bond market, according to AFME's European Covered Bond Dealers Association.

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http://www.afme.eu/AFME/gwu.bmp

5 March 2010

EU and Global Regulatory Update: Week in Review

  • CESR Proposes Pan-European Short Selling Disclosure Regime
  • BaFin Introduces Transparency System for Net Short-Selling Positions
  • ASIC Announces Changes to Short Selling Rules
  • and more....

1-5 March 2010

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29 April 2010

AFME / ESSF Clearing & Settlement Conference

AFME / ESSF are delighted to announce our Third Annual Clearing & Settlement Conference on 29th April 2010 in London. Building on our previous highly successful conferences in the post-trading area, this year the event will focus on three main industry developments: Central Counterparty Clearing, Securities Law Reform and Harmonisation of Settlement Cycles.

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