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Collateral

Assets pledged by a borrower to secure a loan or other credit and subject to seizure in the event of default.

Collateral News

Industry
Vermeg selects Achich as CEO

With over 30 years of experience in capital markets, banking, and insurance, Tarak Achich brings expertise in leadership, management, and driving growth to his new role

Technology
Clearstream enhances Collateral Mapper

The new version offers a complete overview of all asset classes, says the firm, providing a detailed view of collateral allocation and usage

Industry
J.P. Morgan awarded securities services mandate from Income Insurance

J.P. Morgan has been mandated to provide a suite of services including global custody, fund accounting, collateral management, and securities lending

Regulation
FSC to extend short selling measures for Taiwan

The stock market stabilisation measures have, according to the FSC, achieved the expected effect and curbed speculative selling

Industry
Standard Chartered and OKX create collateral programme

The companies say that the new programme will allow institutions to utilise cryptocurrencies and tokenised money market funds as off-exchange collateral for trading

Repo
ICMA European repo survey shows outstanding value of €10.8 trillion

The total value of repos and reverse repos still outstanding on the books of participants fell back 2.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the semi-annual survey

Industry
BNY pilots first intraday triparty repo trade

The transaction took place between UBS and Swiss Re in February, where UBS borrowed cash from Swiss Re while delivering collateral through BNY's platform

Industry
ISLA announces co-chairs for Madrid conference

The summer conference will explore how firms can deploy economic capital against the backdrop of themes such as digital transformation and AI