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State Street to develop digital custody in collaboration with Copper.co
10 March 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street Digital, the Boston-based bank’s dedicated digital division, has entered into a licensing agreement with Copper.co (Copper), to develop and grade digital custody offering where clients can store and settle their digital assets

Global on-loan securities hit record €2.7tn in December, says ISLA market report
10 March 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The 16th edition of the Securities Lending Market Report provides HSBC insights of equity and fixed income markets, alongside ISLA commentary on SFTR data reported to trade repositories

S&P Global hires Ciaran Switonski
09 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Switonski, former associate director of sale for EMEA at DTCC, joins S&P Global Market Intelligence

Copper.co appoints Sabrina Wilson
09 March 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

London-based technology company Copper.co (Copper) has appointed Sabrina Wilson as chief operating officer

Global securities finance revenues rise by 2% YoY for February
09 March 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Securities finance revenues for February have risen YoY to US$825 million, powered by the strength of APAC equity finance, corporate debt and ETP lending, according to IHS Markit

Kurt Dzibela joins Curvature
08 March 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Dzibela, former equity finance trader for BlackRock, has been appointed director of equity finance for US-based broker-dealer Curvature Securities

Josh Bosquez appointed CTO at Eventus
08 March 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Bosquez brings 24 years of software engineering experience to the role, where he will oversee a team of engineers that design and maintain the firm’s Validus platform

SEC 10c-1 trade reporting update: comment period extends until 1 April
04 March 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

As an update to an article published in SFT on 28 February, we clarify that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reopened consultation for its securities lending trade reporting proposal until 1 April

Tradeweb reports 2.6% YoY rise in repo ADV for February
04 March 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Average daily volume on Tradeweb hit new highs for both US and European government bond trading for February, according to the electronic trade platform operator, with new records for fully electronic US high-grade credit and emerging market swaps

S3 Partners launch 13F-2 reporting dashboard
03 March 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The announcement follows the SEC's Proposed Rule on short selling under the New Exchange Act Rule 13F-2, which calls for greater transparency

DTCC blocks Russian securities from Bank of Russia
03 March 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DTCC has blocked Russian securities from the Bank of Russia and The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

ECSDA suspends NSD from membership
03 March 2022 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Central Securities Depository Association indicates that its General Meeting on 9 March 2022 will vote to terminate the membership of its Russian member, the National Settlement Depositary