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Zodia Custody and SBI to establish crypto asset venture in Japan
02 February 2023 Japan
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

The venture will act as a Japan-based crypto assets custodian, targeting institutional clients

OCC securities lending ADV down 8.1% YoY for Jan
02 February 2023 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending volumes cleared through OCC have remained flat YoY at 177, 214 transactions for January, but average daily loan value has contracted over period

Tradeweb reports 20.4% YoY jump in repo ADV for Jan
02 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume traded on Tradeweb increased 20.4 per cent YoY to US$416.9 billion for January 2023. The figure represents a 10.0 per cent MoM rise from the US$379.0 billion recorded in December 2022

Clear Street hires Bonville to spearhead new derivatives offering
02 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Thomas Bonville, former managing director of equity derivatives sales at Wells Fargo, joins Clear Street as managing director and head of derivatives sales

Trade bodies respond to EMIR 3.0 proposals for derivatives clearing
02 February 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Industry associations have responded to the European Commission’s proposed changes to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) that aim to make clearing of derivatives products in the European Union more attractive

Vaswani joins MUFG
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Laksh Vaswani has been appointed senior vice president, global head of trust operations at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation to grow the firm's global securities lending solutions business

Davies departs from Pirum
01 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Simon Davies, director of business development at Pirum, has left his position at the firm’s London office to pursue new opportunities

IMN: Investment in data architecture key to drive trading and operational performance
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Panellists at the 28th IMN conference emphasised the importance of data for trading and technology as firms appear to be hesitant to invest

TradeHeader joins REGIS-TR’s partnership programme
31 January 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the partnership, REGIS-TR’s clients will be supported in their reporting obligations and kept informed of regulatory changes

Melanie Moos leaves Clearstream
30 January 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Melanie Moos has left Clearstream, where she has been senior vice president for product management and investment funds for the past three years

CSDR penalties “bigger than expected”, says BoE Securities Lending Committee
30 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Committee notes that concerns around settlement efficiency have prevailed for many years and CSDR penalties have not resulted in a significant improvement since enactment of the settlement discipline regime in February 2022

Wematch appoints Demoulin
30 January 2023
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

UBS veteran Stéphan Demoulin joins the dealing workflow platform as head of sales and relationship management for EMEA securities finance, where he will help to accelerate Wematch’s expansion in the region