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ICMA enhances Chinese repo market coverage

06 July 2026 China
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The association has launched a dedicated webpage for Chinese market participants, bringing together ICMA's work including consultation responses, regulatory developments, and industry guidance

Firms accelerate preparations for the T+1 transition next year, survey finds

03 July 2026 France
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Conducted by The ValueExchange, the survey found that 83 per cent of firms are actively preparing for T+1 settlement, while 58 per cent have formal implementation plans in place, more than double the proportion reported six months ago

Global securities lending volumes surge in H1 2026

03 July 2026 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

While global securities lending revenues in June remained elevated, the second quarter of 2026 displayed exceptionally strong activity, says S&P Global Market Intelligence

State Street extends partnership with Koreaâ€™s NPS

03 July 2026 South Korea
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Under the renewed mandate, State Street will continue to provide back and middle office services for Koreaâ€™s National Pension Serviceâ€™s global equity and global alternatives portfolios

OCC average daily loan value up 42.6% for June

03 July 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Total securities lending transactions cleared on the OCC platform for the same month grew 4.45 per cent YoY to 326,682

BMO issues first SGC Notes

02 July 2026 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank of Canada previously announced in January 2025 that it is operationally ready to accept SGC Notes as collateral

ESMA names Clearing Corporation of India as third-country CCP

02 July 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The recognition allows CCIL to provide clearing services to EU clearing members and trading venues, including banks, investment firms, and other counterparties

Standard Chartered and LMAX Group join forces

01 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Standard Chartered has executed digital asset prime brokerage trades with LMAX Group, demonstrating a digital asset intermediation model for spot Bitcoin and Ether with T+1 settlement

Digital Prime Technologies integrates with BitGo Bank & Trust

01 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Clients will be able to execute institutional-grade bilateral digital asset lending workflows, with BitGo providing regulated custody and offchain, real-time settlement through the Go Network, its institutional settlement infrastructure

Kraken goes live on Trever to bring prime brokerage to European firms

30 June 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The integration extends Treverâ€™s connectivity, bringing a prime brokerage relationship into the existing workflows institutional teams use across their digital asset operations

DTCCâ€™s NSCC extends clearing hours to 24/5 model

30 June 2026 US, UK, Hong Kong, Australia
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The move expands the firmâ€™s clearing hours from Sundays at 20:00 Eastern Time to Fridays at 20:00

EIB issues the first DLT native commercial paper on Clearstreamâ€™s D7

29 June 2026 Germany
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Citi facilitated the issuance acting as sole dealer and issuing and paying agent, and BIL, DekaBank, DZ BANK, Eurex Clearing, Union Investment, and Volksbank Mittlerer Schwarzwald participated as primary investors in the tokenised commercial paper

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