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J.P. Morgan appoints Moran as APAC head of client services
12 October 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

John Moran, former head of securities finance business development at BNY Mellon, has been appointed APAC head of client services at J.P. Morgan, bolstering the firm’s collateral team

Provable Markets facilitates first transaction on DTCC’s SFT Clearing Service
11 October 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Provable Markets has completed the first securities lending transaction cleared through DTCC's new Securities Finance Transaction Clearing Service, with the aid of its alternative trading system Aurora

Clearstream, LBBW and Vontobel complete first digital securities issuance in Germany
10 October 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

European issuers can now utilise Clearstream’s D7 infrastructure to issue digital securities, with LBBW and Vontobel conducting the first automated issuances in a process facilitated by Clearstream

Tradeweb daily repo volumes rise 17% in September
07 October 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

The US-based provider of electronic trading for rates, credit, equities and money markets indicates that average daily trading volume across all asset classes was up 17.2 per cent YoY to US$1.20 trillion for September

UBS fined US$2.5 million for Reg SHO failures
06 October 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

FINRA has fined UBS Securities LLC US$2.5 million for Regulation SHO violations and for supervisory failings extending over a nine-year period

HQLA^X, J.P. Morgan, Wematch and Ownera confirm feasibility of cross-ledger DvP repo
06 October 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

This simulated transaction demonstrated how securities ownership rights recorded on HQLA^X’s DLT-based ledger could be exchanged simultaneously against digital cash recorded on J.P. Morgan’s DLT-based book of record

Kuwait Clearing Company appoints Alex Krunic as CEO
05 October 2022 Kuwait
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Krunic will be responsible for developing post-trade activities and services in the Kuwait region

South Street raises capital from BlackRock and BC Partners
05 October 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

South Street Securities Holdings raises capital from BlackRock and BC Partners to grow its business

Global securities lending revenue increases 12% YoY for September, says DataLend
05 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

EquiLend’s market data service DataLend has found that the global securities finance industry generated US$2.3 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2022, a 12 per cent increase from Q3 2021

OCC cleared sec lending volume up 19% YoY
04 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Cleared volume rises for SBL trades, but average daily loan value through OCC has contracted 4.0% YoY to US$122.56 billion for September 2022

Joint Associations respond to BCBS second consultation on cryptoasset exposures
04 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The joint response aims to raise industry understanding of the risks associated with private digital assets to promote an environment for trading and safekeeping that is safer, more efficient and more inclusive

Martin to oversee Wematch's global securities finance, sales and client coverage
03 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Shane Martin will sit on Wematch's executive committee and will guide the firm's strategic direction and global commercial expansion