Securities financing transactions

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Securities Financing Transactions Regulation

The Regulation on reporting and transparency of SFTs (Regulation (EU) 2015/2365) (EU SFTR) requires all SFTs to be reported to trade repositories, places additional reporting requirements on investment managers and introduces the need for prior risk disclosures and written consent before assets are reused. EU SFTR has been retained in the UK (see Retained Regulation (EU) 2015/2365) (UK SFTR). For further information about the key elements of EU SFTR and UK SFTR, including a general introduction to their requirements and EU/UK divergence, see Practice Note: Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR)—essentials.

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