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GLMX expands into Canada with recent OSC approval
22 October 2021 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

An exemption has allowed GLMX to operate in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, enabling users of its services to negotiate securities financing transactions

EquiLend reports strong September for securities lending volumes
13 October 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

NGT platform revealed a record-high trading day on 21 September with more than 126,000 transactions executed worth US$173 billion

BIS and Bank of England open London innovation centre
11 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

BIS Innovation Hub launches in its fourth location to support the challenges of a digital world while safeguarding financial stability

Canadian DB plans post modest losses, observes RBC I&TS
05 May 2021 Canada
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Canadian DB pension plans posted a -0.2 per cent median return in Q1 2021 amid an improved economic outlook, according to the RBC I&TS All Plan Universe

Canadian Pension Plans faced negative impacts from rising bond yields in Q1 2021, report finds
28 April 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust highlights that positive sentiment boosted equity markets as the global COVID-19 pandemic started to wane amid new vaccine approvals and progress on vaccination programmes

ISDA offers snapshot of 2020 margin growth
23 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published its latest margin survey which analyses the amount and type of IM and VM for entities captured under each phase of UMR last year, compared to 2019

Big gaps remain in LEI coverage, says associations
10 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The grace period for including third-country counterparty LEIs must be extended again beyond April to avoid a liquidity crunch and undermining SFTR data integrity, warn trade bodies including ISLA and ICMA

Euroclear, CDCC and CDS to develop collateral management service for Canada
02 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The utilisation of CDS’ Post-Trade Modernisation settlement platform and Euroclear’s Collateral Highway will enable market participants to mobilise collateral assets across repo, securities lending, cleared and uncleared margin accounts

LIBOR transition: 85% of uncleared UK derivatives market ready
27 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The FCA’s Edwin Schooling Latter says the success of this protocol means “a major reduction in risk faced by the 12,000 plus firms who have already signed, and for the system as a whole”

Canadian pension plans ended 2020 on a high, Northern Trust data shows
26 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Northern Trust Canada Universe shows Canadian pension plans shrugged off a poor start to 2020, closing with 10 per cent gains for the year

Bank of Canada expands securities repo operations
25 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of Canada is changing the terms of its securities repo operations to to increase the availability of its holdings of Government of Canada securities

LCH clearing volumes skyrocket in 2020
12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH delivered strong volumes throughout 2020 while launching new products and services amid the COVID-19 pandemic