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MUFG Investor Services appoints new duo to its global securities lending team
08 July 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MUFG Investor Services has appointed Matthew Russo (pictured second from left) and Zana Hadzovic (pictured second from right) to its global securities team

SDX collaborates with digital asset and crypto tech platform
08 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SIX Digital Exchange’s unit has entered into a strategic partnership with digital asset and crypto technology platform Fireblocks to provide institutional investors and regulated intermediates with infrastructure services for the distributed economy

S3 Partners joins forces with LiquidityBook
07 July 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the mandate, S3’s Blacklight order management system will now be available through LiquidityBook, enabling users to action rates across their prime brokers

Investment Association sets out vision for technology transformation in fund markets
07 July 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UK buy-side trade body claims that the funds industry is approaching a major technology transformation driven by tokenisation and use of digital native assets in the collective investment fund products of the future

GLEIF creates qualification programme for vLEI Issuers
07 July 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

The Foundation is now inviting partners to start the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) Issuer Qualification process, enabling a qualified LEI issuer to serve as the primary point of contact and issuing agency for legal entities seeking a vLEI

Broadridge appoints Tyler Derr as chief technology officer
07 July 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Derr will be responsible for overseeing Broadridge’s global technology teams including software engineering, product delivery, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology operations

OSTTRA streamlines trade reconciliation with direct connectivity
06 July 2022 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

MarkitWire is an electronic trade confirmation and processing platform, while triResolve offers services for portfolio reconciliation, collateral management and reporting reconciliation

FIA Tech launches Cash and Collateral reference data service
06 July 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Technology provider FIA Tech has launched the FIA Tech Cash and Collateral reference data service, a globally collated data set

Global securities finance industry generates US$4.8 billion in H1 2022
06 July 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The figure represents a 6 per cent increase from the $4.5 billion generated in H1 of 2021

Northern Trust picked for Arab fund mandate
06 July 2022 Kuwait
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust has been selected by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to administer a range of asset servicing solutions in a mandate that includes, among others, securities finance

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