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Wealthfront selects Sharegain to launch fully paid securities lending
25 February 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

According to Sharegain, this new programme delivers greater value for Wealthfront and its clients, bringing a unique supply to the securities lending market

Valentino joins S3 Partners
25 February 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Following his departure from EquiLend in November, Chris Valentino lands a new role in sales and business development

CME Group and DTCC expand partnership
24 February 2024 US
Reporter: Clelia Frondaroli

The arrangement will now provide increased margin savings and capital efficiencies to end users by December 2025

AustralianSuper fined AU$27m
24 February 2025 Australia
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The Federal Court found that Australia’s largest super fund failed to merge multiple member accounts

Müller steps down as CEO of Eurex Clearing
24 February 2025 Germany
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Erik Tim Müller will leave Deutsche Börse Group by the end of 2025 to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities

ECB changes collateral rating rules
24 February 2025 EU
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Under the new rules, private sector assets will be assessed based on the second-best rating among those from accepted external credit assessment institutions

AccessFintech integrates with S&P Global Market Intelligence
24 February 2025 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Synergy, by AccessFintech, has integrated with S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Securities processing platform with the aim of enhancing settlement management for clients

SASLA: Reg IM brings questions to South Africa’s SFT market
21 February 2025 South Africa
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Industry participants discuss the ever-changing collateral landscape and the upcoming regulation on initial margin at the South African Securities Lending and Collateral Management conference

Haitong International joins PASLA as new member
21 February 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Based in Hong Kong, Haitong International is an international financial institution serving corporate, institutional, and high-net worth clients worldwide

ECB expands initiative to settle DLT-based transactions in central bank money
21 February 2025 Europe
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Building on the recently completed ECB trials and experiments, Eurosystem aims to develop a long-term integrated solution

ESMA publishes technical standards to clarify CSDR Refit framework
21 February 2025 EU
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The rules mainly affect central securities depositories, but they also have indirect implications for investors, banks, and financial institutions

CFCA becomes first China-based Qualified vLEI Issuer
21 February 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Through this move, the China Financial Certification Authority aims to utilise the vLEI to complement and interoperate with existing Chinese identity verification tools for enterprises and individuals