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LSF appoints Frediani to head development in Europe
07 March 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Gabriele Frediani will focus on developing partnerships with European institutions such as CSDs and ICSDs, triparty agents, trading platforms and central banks

PASLA: SFTR 2.0 coming to Europe with regulatory updates
07 March 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

SFTR 2.0 is likely to be rolled out when there is a new mandate from the European Commission in 2025 and could incorporate a tax element, following tax abuse scandals across Europe

Buy-side associations file opening brief challenging SEC rules
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

AIMA, the MFA and NAPFM argue through their legal action that the SEC’s "defective rulemaking process" produced flawed, inconsistent rules relating to short selling and short position reporting that will harm investors and the markets

Women in Securities Finance appoints Fleming as Chicago chapter lead
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Erika Fleming will join Lori Paris as Chicago lead as the branch transitions into a virtual chapter

Regelman to leave BNY Mellon
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Regelman leaves his role as the bank’s global head of securities services and digital in order to pursue new career opportunities

Khemdoudi departs S&P Global
05 March 2024 UK
Reporter: SFT

He has served as SVP for network and regulatory solutions in S&P Global’s London office since March 2022, working within a team that has built a global regulatory reporting solution that now supports more than 500 firms worldwide

Tradeweb reports 33.8% increase YoY in repo ADV for February
05 March 2024 Europe, US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Repo average daily volume (ADV) traded on the Tradeweb platform climbed 33.8 per cent year-on-year to US$550.3 billion for February

Eurex Repo average daily volume rises 7% YoY for February
05 March 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Trading volumes on Eurex Repo, the electronic market for secured financing, have increased by 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to €346.8 billion for February

Deutsche Börse releases DBDX cryptoasset trading platform
05 March 2024 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

The German exchange group announced a commitment to deliver an integrated digital asset platform as part of its Horizon 2026 programme. It will operate the trading platform, with Crypto Finance (Deutschland) providing clearing and settlement

BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints Gregorio Paiva to head Brazil
05 March 2024 Brazil
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Malu Gregorio Paiva joins the firm from Citi, where she was managing director of Latin America sales for the bank’s securities services division

OCC average daily loan value grows 31.6% YoY for February
04 March 2024 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) generated US$157.8 billion for February in average daily loan value

CGS International Securities adopts Broadridge SFCM Solution
04 March 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Through this solution, CGS International aims to extend automation and to minimise costs, as well as to simplify workflows and exception-based processes