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Liquidity

The ease with which an asset can be converted into cash without affecting its market price.

Liquidity News

Technology
Broadridge announces integrated infrastructure for tokenised securities

The firm has extended its multi-asset capabilities to support the trading of tokenised assets across its order, execution, and post-trade infrastructure

Industry
Marex launches customer cross-margining for US Treasury securities

According to the firm, clients can now cross-margin US Treasury futures cleared at CME, with cash US Treasury securities cleared at DTCC

Repo
Broadridge’s DLR platform reaches US$368 billion ADV for April

The daily average is a 268 per cent increase year-on-year, reflecting sustained institutional adoption of tokenised real-asset settlement

Industry
Benzinga and ORTEX collaborate

This joint effort expands access to ORTEX's short interest data and securities lending analytics across Benzinga's growing network of brokerages and institutional platforms

Industry
Ripple and OKX expand RLUSD access

Ripple USD is available for spot trading on OKX across over 280 pairs, and can be used as institutional-grade margin collateral for derivatives

Industry
Securities lending market volume expected to reach US$21,499m by 2034

According to Allied Market Research the rise in demand for short selling from hedge funds drives fintech-driven collateral management innovation

Industry
TMX Group acquires Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada

According to the firm, this transaction will bolster TMX’s ability to serve clients across the capital markets ecosystem while expanding the company’s global presence

Regulation
SEC issues new US Treasury clearing requests for public comment

As both SIFMA’s and IIB’s requests for relief may intersect in important ways, the SEC deems it appropriate to solicit further public input