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Mizuho welcomes Patel as head of repo trading
20 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Vivek Patel has promoted to head of repo trading at Mizuho as the firm looks to expand its repo capability across the banking and securities units in EMEA

ESMA provides clarity on EMIR Refit
20 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The guidelines provided by the financial markets regulator aim to enhance the harmonisation and standardisation of reporting under the upcoming European Market Infrastructure Regulation

LSEG to acquire Acadia
19 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The acquisition furthers the London Stock Exchange Group’s strategy to enhance and grow its multi-asset post-trade offering for the uncleared derivatives space

Rest Super joins GPFA
19 December 2022 Australia
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Australian superannuation Rest Super joins the beneficial owner association with more than 30 other active buy-side organisations involved in the securities financing markets

ECB extends liquidity lines with non-euro central banks
19 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The bilateral swap and repo lines have been established since 2020 to provide euro liquidity to financial institutions via non-euro area central banks in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Yawar Shah retires from Swift board
16 December 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Bob Currie

Shah will step down from the Swift board of directors after 16 years as chair but will continue as managing director in Citi’s institutional clients group

ESMA issues guidance on DLT-based market infrastructure
16 December 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

These guidelines provide templates for applications to operate any form of DLT market infrastructure under the DLT Pilot Regulation, including a DLT MTF, a DLT settlement system or a DLT trading and settlement system

SEC proposes shake up of best execution rules
15 December 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed implementation of a best execution regulatory framework that will fall under the Commission’s own rule-book, along with steps to tighten up insider-trading rules

GLEIF completes trial to support development of cross-border organisational trust
15 December 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The organisation indicates a growing requirement for harmonisation in cross-border trust services in the face of increasing levels of international trade and commerce taking place across digital platforms

Cum-ex lawyer Hanno Berger given eight-year sentence
15 December 2022 Germany
Reporter: SFT

In a decision announced yesterday in the Bonn courts, Berger has also been required to repay more than €13.5 million that he was deemed to have generated illegally through cum-ex trading and tax improprieties

LCH SwapClear extends eligibility to SWESTR and DESTR risk-free rates
14 December 2022 UK
Reporter: SFT

The clearing house indicates that these trades confirm its commitment to supporting benchmark transition in cleared and bilateral Nordic markets and the reform of interest-rate benchmarks worldwide

Sharegain appoints Finkel
14 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ahikam Finkel joins the firm as vice president of research and development, where he will draw on 20 years of experience to scale and manage Sharegain’s R&D capabilities