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EquiLend names Heath as Chief Strategy Officer
12 May 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Simon Heath will look to drive EquiLend’s strategic growth agenda and support continued product innovation in his new role

Ripple Prime secures US$200 million debt facility
11 May 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The debt facility is from Neuberger Specialty Finance, and will support the continued growth of Ripple’s multi-asset prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime

Marex hires Salomon as first Prime Services team member in Israel
11 May 2026 Israel
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Alex Salomon brings more than 25 years’ experience across institutional trading, credit, and investment markets to his new role as head of Prime Services sales

Knapp departs OCC
11 May 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Following four years at the Options Clearing Corporation, Oberon Knapp leaves his position as head of strategy

Global securities lending revenue rises 43% YoY for April
11 May 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Figures from EquiLend Data & Analytics show loan balances hit US$4.42 trillion for the month, while the lender-to-broker market generated US$1.21 billion in revenue

Eurex Repo trading volumes up 52% YoY for April
08 May 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This rise was driven by an 18 per cent YoY rise in GC Pooling average daily TAV to €243.1 billion, and an 92 per cent YoY increase in special repo average daily TAV to €330.2 billion

Standard Chartered appoints Swanepoel
07 May 2026 UAE
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Michelle Swanepoel joined Standard Chartered in 2017 as the regional head of business account management for the Middle East and Africa

Clear Street UK appoints Lawton as CEO
07 May 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Alex Lawton takes on the role following Clear Street's European expansion, with a MiFID II license secured in the Netherlands, enabling the firm to operate across 27 EU countries

Cantor Fitzgerald welcomes Kent
07 May 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Lily Kent has joined the firm’s prime client service team from JPMorgan Chase, where she most recently worked as a client service senior associate

CME Group launches US dollar RepoFunds Rate
07 May 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The new benchmark uses data from centrally-cleared overnight US repo trades executed on BrokerTec’s dealer-to-dealer central limit order book platform

Repo ADV rises 15% YoY for April, says Tradeweb
07 May 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Average daily volume across all asset classes for the month of April reached US$2.9 trillion, up 7.7 per cent YoY, according to Tradeweb

BrokerTec US repo ADNV climbs 14% YoY for April
07 May 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

BrokerTec's overall ADNV for April was the second highest month after March 2026 at US$1.141 trillion, up 12 per cent year to date compared to 2025