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Leverage

The use of borrowed capital (debt) to increase the potential return of an investment.

Leverage News

Industry
Marex partners with Bullish

Marex will leverage connectivity to Bullish across spot, options, perpetuals, and dated futures, arranging trades through both electronic and voice execution

Industry
Leverage terms and margin constraints push prime brokerage competition, says report

The report by Acuiti and TS Imagine found that prime brokers have become more selective in their offerings to hedge funds since the implementation of Basel III

Industry
London Stock Exchange launches new 24/5 trading venue

LSE 24 is designed to support near-continuous trading from Monday to Friday, providing global investors with greater flexibility

Regulation
FSS develops measures on single-stock leverage products

South Korea's financial regulator aims to strengthen investment requirements to stabilise demand by increasing the minimum margin requirement for single-stock leverage products

Regulation
ICMA and ISLA submit joint response to US Basel III proposal

The response, drafted with counsel from Clifford Chance, calls for two primary adjustments to the proposed framework

Regulation
ISLA: From Endgame to preparing for the long game

Panellists at this year's ISLA Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference provided an in-depth discussion on Basel III

People moves
Comyno welcomes te Kaat

Benjamin te Kaat moves to this role from BNY, where he spent more than eight years as head of sales DACH/NET

Technology
DTCC and SSImple partner

Through this collaboration DTCC’s ALERT and SSImple’s SSI Comply are brought together to further strengthen data governance and reduce settlement risk