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CMU OmniClear expands membership eligibility
25 March 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Eligible institutions outside of Hong Kong can now join as CMU members and participate in the local bond market

BNY Global Collateral Platform goes live in the Philippines
25 March 2025 Philippines
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Both local and international market participants can finance their Philippine inventory under standard pledge or title transfer arrangements

Leonteq adds Doublet as Head of Securities Finance and Collateral Management
25 March 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Emmanuel Doublet brings nearly three decades of experience in the industry to his new role based in Switzerland

South Korea ready to resume short selling
24 March 2025 South Korea
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The Financial Services Commission of South Korea has confirmed that it will fully reinstate stock short selling from 31 March

SIX promotes Santos to Head of REGIS-TR
24 March 2025 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Effective on 1 April, María Santos will replace Thomas Steimann who has decided to retire

iBTC to enable Bitcoin-based margin flows on Canton Network
24 March 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration brings Bitcoin-based assets on-chain, allowing institutional counterparties to use them for initial margin and variation margin solutions

Pirum welcomes Corral as Head of Collateral Services
24 March 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Following his departure from J.P. Morgan, industry veteran Ed Corral will now assist Pirum with its US expansion

Tech prevails as most shorted sector for third month
21 March 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Apple, IBM, and Super Micro are among the top 10 most crowded large cap securities, according to Hazeltree’s February 2025 report

Clearstream GSF volume outstanding down YoY for February
21 March 2025 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The business saw a decline in volume outstanding both year-on-year and year-to-date

DTCC joins ERC3643 Association
20 March 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The ERC3643 token standard is an open-source suite of smart contracts that enable the issuance, management, and transfer of permissioned tokens

HKEX confirms date for new collateral options
20 March 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Tison

OTC Clear will accept Chinese government bonds and policy bank bonds as collateral from 21 March

CME Group to launch BrokerTec US Treasury CLOB in Chicago
20 March 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The new central limit order book will be co-located next to CME Group’s US Treasury futures and options markets to support trading between cash and derivatives markets