News search | Securities Finance Times

Generic business image for news articles

Zekraus departs from Pirum
24 January 2024 US
Reporter: SFT

Bob Zekraus, Pirum's chief operating officer and head of the Americas, has left the company after three years

EquiLend systems go offline amid cyber attack
24 January 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The technical issue was identified on 22 January which placed portions of its systems offline, these are believed to include NGT and DataLend

Women in Securities Finance reshuffle global leadership team
24 January 2024 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Colleen Kenney and Brooke Gillman have both volunteered to step down from their roles

EMIR Refit ‘data quality’ issues causing concern, says Coffman
24 January 2024 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The market is currently preparing for the EMIR Refit implementation which is set to go-live on 29 April 2024 in Europe and five months later on 30 September 2024 in the UK

Donohue transitions to chairman after OCC board reshuffle
23 January 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

As part of the reshuffle, the firm has selected OCC CEO Andrej Bolkovic and Nasdaq’s president of European market services Roland Chai to join the board

BIS Innovation Hub confirms six new projects in its 2024 programme
23 January 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

This first batch of projects for 2024, focusing on CBDCs, green finance, cybersecurity and steps to eliminate financial crime, builds on a further eight projects that are currently ongoing and 12 that were completed during 2023

Tradeweb completes r8fin acquisition
22 January 2024 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Assad Fehmy, co-founder of r8fin, will join Tradeweb following the completion

Tesla, Ford and Wayfair among the top shorted stocks in 2023
19 January 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The data sourced in this report comes from Hazeltree’s securities finance platform and covers approximately 15,000 global equities across the US, EMEA and APAC

EquiLend to be acquired by WCAS
18 January 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe will attain a majority stake in the securities finance technology, data and analytics firm in Q2 2024

ESAs publish DORA technical draft standards
18 January 2024 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Digital Operational Resilience Act is expected to come into effect in January 2025

Rise in capital could impact vibrancy of US capital markets, says ISDA
17 January 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Association warns that an increase in capital requirements for bank trading activities under the US Basel III Endgame could impact the liquidity and vibrancy of US capital markets

Industry regulators issue consultation paper on CCP margining practices
17 January 2024 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The consultation document from the BCBS, CPMI and IOSCO puts forward 10 policy proposals designed to improve the resilience of central clearing infrastructure and to enhance transparency and governance in clearing processes