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People moves
Broadridge appoints Diganci
10 June 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote
Todd Diganci will serve on the audit committee of the board of directors, which will now consist of 10 members, eight of whom are independent
People moves
Hazeltree appoints Hu
10 June 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Hansa Tote
Victoria Hu moves to the role from Consumer Edge where she spent more than a year as an account executive, APAC
Industry
Aware Super joins the GPFA
08 June 2026 Australia
Reporter: Hansa Tote
According to the Global Peer Financing Association, Aware Super’s commitment to strong governance and delivering sustainable outcomes for its members aligns closely with their mission
Industry
Philippines SEC streamlines SBL framework
08 June 2026 Philippines
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
Under the revised guidelines, the Philippine Stock Exchange will serve as the sole reviewing and pre-clearing body for MSLAs and multilateral MSLAs
Leading the Way
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The case for central repo clearing
Commonwealth Bank’s Russell Simpson, Michael Tang, Dr Hamid Yahyaei, and Shelby Kaye, discuss Australia’s evolving repo market and the push for central clearing
The race to optimise the repo market
OSTTRA’s Neil Taylor, head of securities finance, solution design, and Gary Hawkins, head of repo optimisation, speak to Carmella Haswell on the firm’s work to optimise the repo market and take it to its next stage
Growth without compromise
Michel Semaan, global head of RepoClear, LCH, discusses the firm’s UK and EU cash bond and repo trade clearing service, from breaking down barriers to reacting to client feedback
Repo clearing is here. Is your collateral framework ready?
The SEC mandate for central clearing of US Treasury repo is no longer a future problem. FICC is the venue, the timeline is set, and the firms still in ‘wait and see’ mode are running out of time. Wassel Dammak, strategic account director for Europe & UK Capital Markets at Vermeg, looks at what this shift means operationally, and why the firms that get it right will have a structural advantage
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Lago Kapital
Nordic growth and challenger positioning
Lago Kapital CEO Jarkko Järvitalo sits down with Hansa Tote to discuss the firm’s expansion across Scandinavia, built on a foundation of securities lending, with integrated offerings spanning market making, incentive programmes, and complex valuation services
BNY
Investing in resilience: Navigating the US Treasury clearing mandate
Nate Wuerffel, head of product for Global Collateral and head of Market Structure at BNY, provides a comprehensive perspective on the US Treasury market and the upcoming clearing mandate that is set to impact not only the US, but Asia and Europe also. Carmella Haswell reports
National Bank of Canada
Trading with agility: Driving the business forward in a rapidly evolving market
James Bryce, Mathilda Yared, and Steven Scholl of National Bank of Canada speak to Carmella Haswell on driving the business forward via technological investment, building the foundations to prepare for upcoming regulatory changes, and questioning infrastructure through a digital assets lens
London Stock Exchange Group
A single source of trade and agreement data
London Stock Exchange Group recently launched TradeAgent, designed to replace the industry’s duplicative processes with a single source of trade and agreement data. Annabel Harrison speaks with Hansa Tote to discuss the platform — from collaboration to cutting costs
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News and people moves roundupInvesting in resilience
BNY’s Nate Wuerffel on US Treasury clearing, the world’s largest and most liquid sovereign bond market, and its global implications.Nordic growth and challenger positioning
Lago Kapital CEO Jarkko Järvitalo sits down with Hansa Tote to discuss the firm’s expansion across Scandinavia, built on a foundation of securities lending, with integrated offerings spanning market making, incentive programmes, and complex valuation services.Business in Boston
The fourth annual Securities Finance Symposium in Boston saw market participants engage in group discussions on AI, review the current state of readiness for the US Treasury clearing mandate, and share knowledgeable insights on digital assets.
Regulation
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