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BlackRock appoints Cooper to global head of repo
15 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Emma Cooper takes on the senior position after a 13-year career at the global asset manager

Jaid appoints Mathieson as board member
15 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Kelly Mathieson, chief business development officer at Digital Asset, joins the board of directors at AI-powered automation platform Jaid

Venture capital firm IMC Investments invests in Clear Street
15 February 2023 US
Reporter: SFT

The investment, for an undisclosed sum, provides additional backing to efforts of the New York-based international prime broker to build a modern capital market infrastructure that does not rely on legacy technology

AXA IM appoints Quorrich as head of liquidity solutions
14 February 2023 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Mohammed Quorrich has transitioned to the role from his previous position at AXA Group as deputy head of group investment solutions

BNP Paribas installs Kerdoncuff as head of asset owner clients in Australia and NZ
14 February 2023 Australia, New Zealand
Reporter: SFT

After six years as the bank’s head of China, Philippe Kerdoncuff joins new role working with buy-side clients and will report to Daniel Cheever and Philippe Tassin

Duco hires McCormack
14 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Lee McCormack, former head of collateral product management and professional services at AcadiaSoft, has been appointed senior manager of partners at Duco

GCEX partners with Komainu to enhance regulated custodian offering
14 February 2023 Denmark
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lars Holst (pictured), founder and CEO of GCEX, says: “Komainu was the ideal partner for us because it is backed by Nomura, and has a strong presence in Europe and UAE

Wematch.live platform hits US$150 billion in ongoing notional value
13 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The milestone follows the firm’s announcement that the platform had reached US$5.8 billion in average daily matched volume in January

Drexel Hamilton selects FinOptSys platform
13 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

FinOptSys has onboarded investment bank Drexel Hamilton, which is 100 per cent owned and operated by military veterans, to its platform to support and scale the bank’s specialty finance business

Beijing Stock Exchange launches securities lending and margin trading
13 February 2023 China
Reporter: Bob Currie

The exchange indicates that this release marks an important step in the development of the CBEX market system by boosting market liquidity, enhancing trading functions and improving price discovery in the secondary market

BNP Paribas appoints Manfredi
10 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Frank Manfredi will join BNP Paribas’ equity financing team, where he will take on the role of securities lending trader

Changing nature of liquidity risk may amplify market shocks, says ESMA
10 February 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

High levels of uncertainty and fragile market liquidity are limiting the resilience of the financial system against external shocks, ESMA finds in its latest report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities