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Repo

A form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities, where the dealer sells the government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.

Repo 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

Repo
Eurex Repo trading volumes up 52% YoY for April

This rise was driven by an 18 per cent YoY rise in GC Pooling average daily TAV to €243.1 billion, and an 92 per cent YoY increase in special repo average daily TAV to €330.2 billion

Repo
CME Group launches US dollar RepoFunds Rate

The new benchmark uses data from centrally-cleared overnight US repo trades executed on BrokerTec’s dealer-to-dealer central limit order book platform

Repo
Repo ADV rises 15% YoY for April, says Tradeweb

Average daily volume across all asset classes for the month of April reached US$2.9 trillion, up 7.7 per cent YoY, according to Tradeweb

Repo
BrokerTec US repo ADNV climbs 14% YoY for April

BrokerTec's overall ADNV for April was the second highest month after March 2026 at US$1.141 trillion, up 12 per cent year to date compared to 2025

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
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

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