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WeMatch appoints Shane Martin

04 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Martin has joined WeMatch from JPMorgan Chase to take on the newly-created role of head of sales, securities finance

ISLA: CSDR buy-ins may deter asset owners from lending

03 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

To avoid damaging market liquidity and stability, the trade body suggests the CSDR settlement discipline regime should be split in two, with cash penalties going live in February and the buy-ins held pending a â€œin-depth assessment"

CSDR consultation: EACH calls for delays to settlement discipline regime

03 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

EACH explains that a delay to CSDRâ€™s SDR would provide market infrastructures and other market participants sufficient time to implement and would also avoid unnecessary duplicative implementation costs

BNY Mellon opens Spain office, Giralt to lead

03 February 2021 Spain
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Mariano Giralt will assume the role of branch manager and Ana Arias will be deputy branch manager of BNY Mellonâ€™s new Madrid office

BrokerTecâ€™s trading platform migrates to CME Globex

03 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CME Group has confirmed the completion the migration of BrokerTecâ€™s US treasuries benchmark trading and repo platform to Globex

OCC sees securities lending activity increase YoY for January

03 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Average daily volume of securities lending trades spiked in January along with a modest uptick in new loans

CSDR consultation is over, ICMA underscores need for mandatory buy-in reforms

02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA has presented a â€کwaterfallâ€™ of proposals for implementing the SDR, based on its membersâ€™ assessment of what it considers most optimal in terms of minimising disruption to Europeâ€™s bonds markets while still attaining the objectives of CSDR

Euroclear, CDCC and CDS to develop collateral management service for Canada

02 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The utilisation of CDSâ€™ Post-Trade Modernisation settlement platform and Euroclearâ€™s Collateral Highway will enable market participants to mobilise collateral assets across repo, securities lending, cleared and uncleared margin accounts

IHS Markit enhances exchange traded collateral lists

02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit has enhanced its ETF collateral lists to accelerate counterparty borrowing with the help of Barclays, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Citi, Credit Suisse, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and State Street

Coinbase promotes Matt Boyd to head of prime brokerage

02 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Securities finance trading veteran Matt Boyd has been promoted to head of prime brokerage for the digital currency exchange, Coinbase

Donâ€™t miss the impact of convertible hedging in AMC short interest, says IHS Markit

02 February 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Convertible hedging may have increased amid the surging share price, which partly explains the increase in share borrowing despite the apparent â€œface-melting short squeeze,â€‌ says IHS Markitâ€™s Sam Pierson

LSEG successfully acquires Refinitiv

02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of this new transaction, BlackStone's Martin Brand, Erin Brown and Douglas Steenland joined the LSEG board

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