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GPFA welcomes IMCO as new member
15 September 2022 Canada
Reporter: Klea Neza

The Global Peer Financing Association welcomes the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario as the 29th member of the global beneficial owner association

Clear Street appoints Batanjany among string of hires
14 September 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Fintech business Clear Street has made a series of institutional sales appointments in its New York and Chicago offices. Six senior sales traders have been welcomed to the company, along with two equity finance professionals

S&P Global Market Intelligence integrates Onboarding Accelerator tool into its securities finance platform
14 September 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The automated solution is designed to overcome the inefficiencies of the legacy and manual processes, currently faced by borrowers and lenders when onboarding new lenders and accounts

IMN: Client demands changing due to “more holistic view” of sec lending
14 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

eSecLending’s managing director and head of client relationship management Brooke Gillman discusses the altering purpose and view of securities lending at IMN

REGIS-TR partners with financial consultant Novatus Advisory
14 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The partnership will leverage both REGIS-TR and Novatus Advisory’s services in financial technology across the regulatory reporting lifecycle

IMN: Securities finance revenues outperform for 2022
14 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance Matthew Chesssum predicts “a very good year” for 2022, as securities finance revenues see best performance since 2008

HQLA^X and Wematch announce collaboration to improve collateral mobility
13 September 2022 Luxembourg, UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration agreement will enable traders using Wematch’s trade execution platform that are also customers of HQLA^X to input securities lending IoIs on the Wematch platform, with settlement confirmed on HQLA^X

Bridges joins Clear Street
12 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Colin Bridges, former director of prime brokerage sales at Cowen, has been appointed as managing director of prime services at Clear Street

Buckland to head equity finance Europe at Millennium
09 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

James Buckland, former UBS veteran, has been appointed head of equity finance Europe at alternative investment management firm Millennium

Qatar regulator reviews rules on securities lending and covered shorts
09 September 2022 Qatar
Reporter: SFT

QFMA has issued new rules on covered short selling and SBL as part of package to enhance trading volumes and liquidity in the Qatari market

Save the date: Dave Williams Memorial Golf Day
08 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The annual Dave Williams Memorial Golf Day will be hosted on 23 September at Surrey National golf course. [Pictured: last year's winner Tej Dhindsa being presented with his award by Nick Wood]

Acadia onboards more than 1000 firms under UMR Phase 6
08 September 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Massachusetts-based risk vendor indicates that close to 900 firms are actively monitoring their regulatory IM exposure through Acadia’s IM Threshold Monitor and more than 200 firms are contracted to use its IM Exposure Manager tools