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Citi appoints Shepherd
16 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Chloe Shepherd swaps RBC Capital Markets for Citi as she becomes assistant vice president and credit repo trader at the firm’s London office

Matrixport strikes partnership with Copper
16 May 2023 Singapore
Reporter: SFT

This collaboration will reinforce Matrixport’s prime brokerage solution by enabling institutional customers to keep their assets within Copper infrastructure while being able to trade on ClearLoop-linked exchanges via their Matrixport sub-accounts

Kayenta selects Olsen as chairman
16 May 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Reinhardt Olsen brings more than 30 years’ experience within the financial services sector and was most recently head of global family office and unified one client, Americas at UBS

State Street appoints Hostin as global head of agency lending
15 May 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Patricia Hostin, former BlackRock managing director, will lead State Street’s Agency Securities Lending business

Citi China claims first northbound trades through Swap Connect
15 May 2023 China, Hong Kong
Reporter: SFT

Citi indicates that it has executed the first tranche of northbound trades with offshore investors through Swap Connect, the trading link for interest rate swap contracts between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland

Euroclear and BondCliQ launch fixed income settlement data product
15 May 2023 Belgium
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Euroclear has partnered with data-as-a-service company BondCliQ to offer a new fixed income settlement data solution

ISDA elects new board directors
12 May 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Mizuho’s Yoji Imafuku, LSEG’s Danny Maguire and Barclays’ Tyler Wellensiek join the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s board of directors, with nine directors elected for a continuing term and a further four being reappointed to the bo

BIS publishes guidance on use of CBDCs for offline payments
11 May 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The study, published by BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre, evaluates how central bank digital currency payments could be made without access to the Internet, an essential consideration for resilience planning and for CBDC payments in remote locations

Clearstream’s GSF volume outstanding rises 3% YoY for April
11 May 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Clearstream’s Global Securities Financing volume outstanding increased 3 per cent year-over-year to €609.8 billion for April, according to its monthly figures

BNP Paribas Securities Services partners with Bloomberg for data services
10 May 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The combined solution will provide mutual clients with standardised data connectivity to support trade management

SmartStream and Acadia collaborate on collateral management solution
10 May 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

SmartStream’s Transaction Lifecycle Management collateral management solution will be available through Acadia’s Margin Manager, alongside the latter’s substitutions workflow product

State Street executes centrally cleared repo trades on Eurex
10 May 2023 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Boston-based bank has executed its first transactions on Eurex through its Munich-based subsidiary State Street Bank International, making Eurex the first clearing house outside of the US to trade and clear repo for the bank