The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published further technical details for the reporting of Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) as required under the SFT Regulation (SFTR).
📰💽 ESMA provides validation rules and XML schemas for #SFTR reporting
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Today’s publication includes the validations rules applicable to SFTR reports as well as the XML schemas reporting entities should use, including:
- Counterparty and TR data exchange;
- Intra-TR data exchange; and
- TR to authority data exchange.
Under the SFTR, both parties to an SFT need to report new, modified or terminated SFTs to a registered or recognised trade repository (TR), including the composition of the collateral.
Source: ESMA
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