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Bal named J.P. Morgan’s new global head of custody
11 March 2024 Global
Reporter: Jack McRae

He had been the firm’s global head of custody client facing the middle office.

PASLA: Interoperation across DLT platforms is paramount for success
11 March 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association conference was held in Singapore where market participants discussed real world use cases of emerging technologies in the securities finance ecosystem

Matsui Securities adopts Broadridge’s post-trade solution
11 March 2024 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Broadridge’s solution will allow Matsui Securities to process and settle all stock lending and borrowing transactions

Deutsche Börse appoint Leithner as new CEO
08 March 2024 Germany
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Stephan Leithner will begin his new position on 1 October, initially leading Deutsche Börse as co-CEO with Theodor Weimer until the end of the year

Watson joins Tonic as programme manager
08 March 2024 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Based in London, Emma Watson will partner with Tonic’s institutional clients to accelerate and execute complex, multi-year programmes

Daniels departs Aon Consulting
08 March 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After joining the firm in 2021, Tom Daniels became practice leader for securities lending and asset manager consulting in Aon’s custody advisory services group

SIX appoints Brupbacher following executive board reshuffle
08 March 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Sophie Downes

David Brupbacher will replace Christoph Landis as head of IT and member of the SIX group executive board

PASLA: APAC jurisdictions working to establish sec lending programmes
08 March 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Members of the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association discussed key market developments and challenges across the APAC region over the past 12 months

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

BBH updates data platform with Infomediary Data Solutions
07 March 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Infomediary Data Solutions combines BBH’s data management platform and asset servicing expertise to create customised solutions for its clients

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

BCBS proposes action on “window dressing” in G-SIB reporting
07 March 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Basel Committee considers requiring banks falling into scope of the Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) framework to report G-SIB indicators based on average values over the reporting year, rather than by using year-end values