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Spectrum Markets opens European cryptocurrency derivatives trading venue
05 May 2022 Germany
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Spectrum Markets has expanded its product offering to include cryptocurrencies as an underlying market, with specific turbo warrants on Bitcoin and Ethereum

Robinhood confirms release of “fully paid” sec lending service
05 May 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Trading platform announces roll out of lending service that will be available to “all customers” by end of May, while transaction-based revenues contract 48% YoY for Q1

Global securities lending revenues rise 20 per cent YoY for April, says DataLend
05 May 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

The global securities finance industry delivered US$828 million in lending revenue in April 2022, with average fee rates for North American equities rising 39 per cent compared with April 2021

DTCC evaluates risks presented by “interconnectedness” in global finance
04 May 2022 United States
Reporter: Bob Currie

White paper builds on DTCC’s 2015 report, Understanding Interconnectedness Risks, which shines a spotlight on dangers of contagion and interconnectedness

Eurex Repo records strong repo market expansion for April
04 May 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Average daily volume for repo transactions has climbed 75 per cent YoY to €145 billion for April, with GC Pooling activity up 4 per cent YoY, according to Frankfurt-based trading and clearing entity

SmartStream launches Eligibility API for collateral optimisation
04 May 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SmartStream Technologies has launched a new solution for faster collateral management optimisation

Citi strengthens its Australia Markets and Research division
04 May 2022 Australia
Reporter: Bob Currie

US bank adds further trading, prime services and securities finance experience to its Australia and New Zealand teams with a series of appointments, including Howard Ilderton, Norbert Wong and Allan Newsome

OCC securities lending loan ADV climbs 15 per cent YoY for April
03 May 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Total cleared securities lending volume rises to US$134.2 billion for April, with total cleared futures and options up 9 per cent YoY to 782.8 million contracts

Donohue re-elected as OCC executive chairman
03 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The OCC has re-elected Craig Donohue as executive chairman of its Board of Directors, during its annual stockholder meeting, as well as new member and public directors

Deutsche Börse offers CME Group derivatives market data via its A7 platform
03 May 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Historical data from CME Group will be available T+1 and will initially include data from its four designated contract markets, notably the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchan

Refinitiv makes its quant data available on Snowflake
29 April 2022 UK
Reporter: SFT

Released today, the Refinitiv Quantitative Analytics service will enable users to access Refinitiv’s quant data, along with other vendor and proprietary data sets supported on the Snowflake financial data cloud

DSB announce OTC ISIN and CFI service provision consultation paper
29 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Derivatives Service Bureau has announced a consultation paper, which will focus on remediation work, enterprise-wide risk monitoring tools and enhancements to the DSB Graphical User Interface