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Harrison departs EquiLend
01 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Matthew Harrison has left his position as head of innovation, having been with the firm for nine months

DTCC launches DTCC Digital Assets Solutions
31 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s new offering will be responsible for developing and driving DTCC’s strategy to tokenise DTC custodied assets

SASLA: ISLA advocates for South Africa
27 March 2026 South Africa
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Opening the South Africa Securities Lending and Collateral Management conference, ISLA CEO Ina Budh-Raja reviewed the global market and developments within South Africa

EU, UK, and Switzerland launch joint T+1 testing plan
25 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The plan provides a practical framework for all market participants and financial market infrastructures to test their readiness for the move to T+1 settlement

Tradeweb expands US Treasury algorithmic execution offering
20 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The expansion builds on the US launch of Tradeweb’s dealer algorithmic execution capabilities last year, complementing the firm’s broader electronic trading ecosystem

Ripple expands offering in Brazil
19 March 2026 Brazil
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Ripple aims to be the first solution in the region to be capable of providing institutions with cross-border payments, digital asset custody, prime brokerage, and treasury management

Global hedge funds shift towards the short side in February
13 March 2026 Global
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The month of February brought unprecedented market volatility that rippled through financial markets, according to Tim Smith, managing director, data insights, at Hazeltree

BNY Markets faces leadership restructure
10 March 2026 US, UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

To further align client platforms and support growth, BNY Markets will establish two distinct platforms: Securities Finance and Liquidity & Margin

Nasdaq and Boerse Stuttgart Group’s Seturion join forces
09 March 2026 Germany
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

With an initial focus on structured products, both firms will work to expand the network of financial institutions connecting to Seturion, creating an ecosystem of issuers and brokers across Europe

Broadridge’s DLR platform reaches US$362 billion ADV for February
09 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The rise in average daily trade volumes reflects continued institutional adoption of tokenised real asset settlement at scale and the growing role of distributed ledger technology, the firm says

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

Sharegain appoints Maate and Smith
04 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Ronny Maate joins the firm as chief product officer while Ben Smith is promoted to chief AI officer