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OCC securities lending average daily volumes rise 19.9 per cent YoY for June
06 July 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Average daily loan value for cleared securities lending transactions has remained almost unchanged YoY for June, despite rise in cleared volume through Chicago-based clearing house

UBS hires Jenna Heim
05 July 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

UBS has appointed Jenna Heim as associate director and securities lending trader, based in New York

Governing Council of ECB to adjust its collateral framework for climate initiative
04 July 2022 Germany
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

These measures, expected to enhance the ECB’s risk management practices, are designed in accordance with the Eurosystem’s primary objective of maintaining price stability

BNY Mellon adds Stephen O’Donnell to EMEA team
04 July 2022 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

BNY Mellon has appointed Stephen O’Donnell as head of client relationships for clearance and collateral management across Europe, Middle East and Africa

OCC named Tier 1 TC-CCP under EMIR
01 July 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The European Securities and Markets Authority has recognised the Options Clearing Corporation as a Tier 1 third-country central counterparty

Chessum leaves abrdn
30 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Matthew Chessum will step down as investment director of securities lending, collateral management and money markets, after 10 years with abrdn

Bosonic adds Bitpanda Custody to its network
30 June 2022 UK US
Reporter: SFT

The San-Francisco based DeFI market infrastructure provider claims that release of the Bosonic network will provide a new standard for PvP atomic swap settlement and netting across a global network of independent custodians

State Street hires Meintjes for digital custody
29 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Eugene Meintjes joins State Street Digital after 11 years at UBS, specialising in digital custody from his base in Zurich

GLEIF deploys first verifiable Legal Entity Identifier
29 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The vLEI is a digital version of the LEI, which intends to meet an “urgent need” for automated digital verification of the legal identities of businesses

Société Générale joins Broadridge’s DLR platform
29 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The blockchain-enabled platform aims to accelerate the digitisation of the global repo market to reduce risk and operational costs

FAB hires Adams and Alotaibi to Securities Services
28 June 2022 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Matthew Adams joins the First Abu Dhabi Bank as executive director of client management, and Nasser Alotaibi is appointed director of KSA Securities Services

DTCC’s Report Hub service grows to more than 70 firms
28 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The members of the hub include leading banks, major swap dealers, and some of the largest custodians, clearing houses and buy-side firms across the globe