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Bank of Canada and firms complete DLT bond issuance experiment
06 March 2026 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The project is a collaborative initiative to evaluate how tokenisation and distributed ledger technology can improve bond issuance and settlement in a real-world setting

Bank of Canada to join the Canadian Collateral Management Service
05 March 2026 Canada
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The bank will join the platform for its domestic repo operations, and will join the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation to centrally clear its repo operations

Global securities lending activity hits US$1,097m for February
04 March 2026 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

During the month, all asset classes continued to replicate the strong performance seen during January, says S&P Global Market Intelligence

Daiwa Capital Markets America welcomes Perlmutter and Gillespie
09 January 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

John Perlmutter and Christopher Gillespie will play key roles in expanding the firm’s equity finance department, leading Delta One strategies and enhancing financing capabilities

RBC Investor Services joins ISLA Americas
04 December 2025 US and Canada
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The Canadian-based investor service delivers asset servicing and data to more than 1,200 Canadian asset managers and pension plans

EXCLUSIVE: Pirum selects Salute to accelerate North American expansion
10 November 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Bringing more than 25 years of sales and industry experience to his new role, Carmine Salute joins Pirum as head of commercial development, Americas

GPFA welcomes Lesaux and Taylor as co-leads for Canada
23 October 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Charles Lesaux and Ivoneke Taylor will play a key role in strengthening engagement and collaboration among Canadian members

ISDA expands digital regulatory reporting solution to Hong Kong
15 October 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Karl Loomes

The latest update supports Hong Kong’s revised derivatives reporting rules, marking the eighth ruleset covered by ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting initiative

EquiLend’s 1Source goes live with BNY and National Bank of Canada
15 October 2025 US
Reporter: Karl Loomes

According to the firm, the development marks a key milestone for EquiLend’s initiative to create a single, golden source of truth for securities lending and financing transactions

CSA adopts amendments to mandatory central clearing regulation
25 September 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

NI 94-101 came into force in 2017 with the purpose of reducing counterparty risk in the OTC derivatives market and addressing a potential risk to financial stability

Canadian Securities Administrators issues exemptions for repo facility access
25 July 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Contingent Term Repo Facility allows access to a potential liquidity risk management tool for eligible investment funds to proactively manage their liquidity

RBC Investor Services recruits Kinart
24 July 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Craig Kinart, former TMX Group senior manager, brings over 20 years of experience in financial services to his newly created role at RBC Investor Services