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BCS Global Markets taps Singh for securities finance top job

19 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Raj Karan Singh has taken over as global head of securities finance for boutique prime broker BCS Global Markets, after Christian von Gradowski moved elsewhere

SEC chair calls on index funds to carefully weigh SBL revenue and voting obligations

19 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The agencyâ€™s acting chair is calling for a review of the SECâ€™s 2019 guidance on proxy voting which she argues put too much emphasis on capturing incremental revenue from securities lending at the expense of exercising good corporate governance

Euroclear shifts â‚¬100bn of Irish securities from UK to EU operations

19 March 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The settlement of Irish securities worth around â‚¬100 billion traded on Euronext Dublin markets on 15 March took place in Euroclear Bank on 17 March

AXA joins GPFA

18 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

AXA Investment Managers joins the eight-month-old association, whose members now represent a combined $6.5 trillion of assets under management

HSBC completes first securities lending transaction in Saudi Arabia

17 March 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The global securities lending market sees Saudi Arabia as a key MENA growth market and the International Securities Lending Association â€‹is among international players seeking to act as handmaiden in the marketâ€™s development