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BlackRock promotes Orr to head of international equity trading
27 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Andy Orr becomes head of international equity trading within the securities lending business at BlackRock after almost 17 years at the global asset manager

FSB tells market to act now on USD LIBOR transition
27 April 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

With the end date for USD LIBOR transition now less than three months away, the Financial Stability Board is encouraging the market to finalise the transition of legacy contracts to prevent a “pile up” as cut-off approaches

Sec lending veteran Marhefka set to retire
27 April 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Edward Marhefka, head of equities data and analytics at S&P Global Market Intelligence, will retire after almost three decades in the securities lending industry

FSOC proposes extension of risk controls over non-bank financial institutions
25 April 2023 US
Reporter: SFT

The US Financial Stability Oversight Council has proposed rule changes that may tighten financial scrutiny of non-bank financial companies if they are deemed to present a threat to financial stability

BoE amends schedule for 7-day US dollar repo operations
25 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This change comes in view of improvements in US dollar funding conditions and low demand at recent seven-day maturity US dollar liquidity-providing operations

FCA provides LDI guidance to ensure 'lessons are learned’ from gilts market crisis
24 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Following the gilts market crisis in September 2022, the FCA has been engaging directly with firms involved in the management of LDI portfolios to develop and maintain increased resilience to deal with possible future volatility

Delta Capita enters DLT venture with Montis as anchor client
24 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global capital markets consulting, services and tech provider is set to launch a Distributed Ledger Services venture with the aim to build the next generation capital markets ecosystem

BNY Mellon celebrates Kelly’s retirement
21 April 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Bill Kelly is to retire from BNY Mellon after more than two decades with the firm, marked by a recent celebratory retirement party

Saunders leaves BNP Paribas
21 April 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Michael Saunders, head of agency lending, Americas for BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, departs from the firm after more than a decade

Tokenisation could revolutionise the industry, suggests new ISLA paper
20 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Digital Assets in Technology paper is part of ISLA’s Asset by Asset series and takes a ‘deep dive’ into tokenisation, suggesting that firms will need to look very closely at legal structuring to realise the full potential of tokenisation

European Parliament votes in favour of MiCA
20 April 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Members of the European Parliament today voted to support the Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation by 517 votes to 38, with 18 abstentions, thereby approving a common rule set for issuance and trading, along with environmental and consumer protection

CAT Financial Products selects Broadridge for post-trade processing
20 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Switzerland-based firm says the implementation enables CATFP to set a new standard through its operational model that combines principal trading for securities, derivatives, FX and crypto markets