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SIX onboards Kinsey
06 January 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Mina Kinsey joins the firm from Leonteq, where she was most recently global head of securities finance and collateral management

Callan exits Citi
06 January 2026 Ireland
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Gavin Callan has over 20 years of experience in institutional banking, with expertise in leading agency financing strategies

2025 becomes record-breaking year for securities lending
05 January 2026 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

According to recent figures from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the securities lending industry generated US$14.9 billion in revenue for 2025

Bulgaria onboards to ECMS
05 January 2026 Bulgaria
Reporter: Hansa Tote

By joining, the bank has gained access to the full suite of TARGET services developed and operated by the Eurosystem which ensures the free flow of cash and collateral across Europe

Ownera partners with LayerZero
05 January 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This partnership connects the platforms to provide a solution for financial institutions, asset issuers, and application providers that look to strategically scale their tokenised products

MarketAxess tops US$1tn in emerging markets trading volume
24 December 2025 New York
Reporter: Karl Loomes

The firm operates across more than 30 local currency bond markets and over 100 hard currency bond markets, supporting institutional clients in around 90 countries

DTCC’s FICC and BNY launch collateral-in-lieu service
23 December 2025 US, UK, Australia
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The service maintains the haircut typically posted by dealers to money market funds and other cash investors in triparty while implementing a CCP lien that is applied “in lieu” of both a sponsor guaranty and margin posting to the CCP

TISE and Boursa Kuwait sign MoU
23 December 2025 Kuwait, UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The agreement aims to enhance technical and knowledge-based cooperation between the two parties and seeks to explore opportunities for financial market development

BNY welcomes Todorovic
22 December 2025 France
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Nikola Todorovic joins the firm having most recently worked at Citi, as director, head of sales and client coverage, prime futures, and securities services

ADX becomes first Middle Eastern exchange to list securities in the US
19 December 2025 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Hansa Tote

This is the first time ETFs registered in the US are being cross-listed in the region, giving investors access to China’s digital economy and the global carbon credit market through two flagship ETFs from KraneShares

Macquarie admits short selling misconduct
19 December 2025 Australia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Macquarie Securities Australia has agreed to pay a AU$35 million fine for its inaccurate reporting, caused by multiple systems-related failures

DBS appointed to RMB clearing bank
19 December 2025 Singapore
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firm is the first Singapore bank to get approval, and has also been allowed to operate in the onshore OTC bond market