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Settlement efficiency remains point of concern for sec lending industry, says BoE's Pyzer
22 June 2023 Lisbon
Reporter: Bob Currie

Settlement rates remain a point of concern for the securities lending industry, delegates heard at ISLA’s 30th Annual Conference in Lisbon

Securities finance firms face turbulent tax environment
22 June 2023 Lisbon
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The securities lending industry is navigating a “somewhat tricky” and “slightly turbulent” tax environment with increased scrutiny from tax authorities across Europe, according to the Legal & Tax Initiatives 2022/23 panel at the ISLA 30 Conference

ISLA panellists reflect on a busy 12 months of regulatory change
22 June 2023 Lisbon
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Advocacy isn’t solely about speaking to regulators, ministries and parliamentary bodies, but also advocating to and with market participants, said one panellist at the ISLA 30 Conference

ISLA highlights a stark contrast of the market in 30-year reflection
22 June 2023 Lisbon
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

In welcoming attendees to the ISLA 30th Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference, ISLA’s chief executive Andrew Dyson reflected in his opening remarks on how the securities lending marketplace has evolved from 30 years ago

Clear Street welcomes Kevin McCarthy
21 June 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in New York, McCarthy will report to Clear Street co-founder and CEO Chris Pento

EquiLend and Broadridge collaborate to streamline central clearing of SFTs
21 June 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The clearing solution will enable clients to trade and automatically submit through the Broadridge SFT Submission Service without a large change in operational processes, also enabling the user to benefit from EquiLend’s liquidity sourcing options

Pedersoli joins Wematch.live
20 June 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Workflow digitisation firm Wematch.live has appointed Roberta Pedersoli as a product manager

Mardon joins Torstone Technology
20 June 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Torstone Technology has named Neil Mardon as chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors.

BoE reviews bank and buy-side behaviour under stress conditions
19 June 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Bank of England has launched a system-wide exploratory scenario exercise to explore how banks and non-bank financial institutions behave in stressed financial market conditions

CACEIS completes migration of Kepler Cheuvreux’s clearing services
16 June 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The mandate means that the Swiss-based asset servicer will control Kepler’s clearing and settlement, securities lending, custody and reporting services for corporate brokerage

ESMA defines its five-year data strategy
16 June 2023 EU
Reporter: SFT

The EU securities market regulator focuses on fostering effective markets and financial stability, strengthening EU financial supervision and improving protection for retail investors in its 2023-28 data programme

Margin Reform and Pierpoint Financial form consultancy partnership
15 June 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

According to the firms, the collaboration enables them to reinforce the expertise offered to clients in the field of margin and collateral, bridging derivatives, repo and securities lending