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Davy Capital Markets goes live on Torstone post trade platform
19 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The capital markets firm is using the platform to help with both middle and back office processing and bolster its operational efficiency and regulatory compliance

Shkolnicova joins KPMG
18 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Previously, Shkolnicova held a four year tenure as director of BNY Mellon, where she led client strategy and client solution design

ESMA publishes consultation on CSDR penalty mechanism
18 December 2023 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The consultation aims to collect data on the effectiveness of the current penalty mechanism in discouraging settlement failures and incentivising their rapid resolution

Mirae Asset Securities acquires Sharekhan
18 December 2023 India
Reporter: Jack McRae

Mirae Asset Securities has acquired Sharekhan Limited in a US$370 million deal

Transcend secures Citi Investment for inventory optimisation solutions
15 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Formed in 2013, the Transcend solution integrates activity across bi-lateral, cleared, and triparty collateral requirements

Clear Street expands asset class capabilities to fixed income
15 December 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm’s mission is to build modern infrastructure for capital markets, with the goal of creating one platform to serve all investor types across all asset classes globally

Fnality processes live payments across its Sterling payments system
14 December 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

These initial live payments, in the first phase of its DLT-based digital financial market infrastructure and regulated payments rails, were processed via an omnibus account held by £FnPS in the Bank of England’s RTGS system

ISDA selects Linklaters to conduct derivatives committees assessment
14 December 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The review, which will analyse the structure and governance of the DCs, will see Linklaters recommend changes to maintain the integrity of the committees in changing economic and market conditions

SEC adopts rules on central clearing for US Treasury market
14 December 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The rule changes provide an update to the membership standards required of covered clearing agencies for the US Treasury market, with respect to a member’s clearance and settlement of specified secondary market transactions

Buy-side associations take legal action against SEC over short-sale disclosure
13 December 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

AIMA, MFA and NAPFM file petition asking the US Court of Appeals to invalidate newly-adopted SEC rules on reporting and public disclosure of securities lending and short selling activity

Digital Token Identifier Foundation joins FCA’s Digital Sandbox
13 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

DTIF was created by Etrading Software to provide ISO standard identifiers for digital assets based on open data principles

Clearstream GSF volumes outstanding climb 38% YoY for November
12 December 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The Luxembourg-based firm generated €759.1 billion for its global securities financing business for November, according to recent monthly figures