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US financial services committee names witnesses for GameStop hearing

15 February 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Representatives from Melvin Capital, Robinhood, Reddit, and Citadel are among those due to testify at this weekâ€™s US House Committee on Financial Servicesâ€™ GameStop hearing on â€œpredatoryâ€‌ short selling

AFME: CSDRâ€™s SDR mandatory buy-ins present â€کsignificant riskâ€™ to Europeâ€™s COVID recovery

12 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

AFME highlights the risk of mandatory buy-ins to Europeâ€™s economic recovery from the pandemic and calling for the measure to be removed from the upcoming CSDR

BNY Mellon creates digital assets unit

12 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The unit will help clients address growing and evolving needs related to the growth of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, says the bank

International brokers sued over naked short selling allegations

12 February 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

A Bermuda-based hedge fund has filed a suit in a New York court alleging that CIBC, Bank of America, UBS and TD Bank gamed the market causing shares it held in a major pharmaceutical to tumble in 2016

After GameStop, donâ€™t shut-out day traders, says ISLA CEO

12 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

â€œOpening-up of markets to retail investors must include a commitment from regulators and politicians to empower its citizens through the development of greater financial fluency, that will build the trust that is needed for these markets to reach the

GLEIF lays out digital LEI specs

11 February 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board-backed foundation has released the technology underpinning its new blockchain-friendly verifiable legal entity identifier

Eurex Lending CCP to close

11 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alongside unsustainable volumes on the Lending CCP, Eurex has cited external hurdles including new regulations, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic as driving down clearing adoption on the priority lists of potential clients

Euronext reports exceptional surge on its post trade revenue

11 February 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Higher clearing revenue and consolidation of Danish CSD VP Securities drove a 69.1 per cent increase in post trade revenue

Northern Trust makes investment in Equity Data Science

10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In return for its investment, Northern Trust will integrate EDSâ€™s decision support tools into its technology platforms to provide specialised and innovative solutions to institutional investors

Ample IPOs should drive bumper revenue in 2021, says Northern Trust

10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

In a recent Northern Trust webinar, the bank's head of North American equity securities lending trading predicted that a surplus of capital and the pent-up IPO and M&A pipeline from 2020 will bring a flurry arbitrage opportunities

China may become one of the biggest securities lending markets, says PASLA

10 February 2021 China
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA and major custodians predict China will see radical growth in its securities finance markets once international investors get comfortable on the mainland

Clearstream welcomes new head of treasury

09 February 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Federico Becerra will be responsible for the treasury front office management in Luxembourg and Singapore

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