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Legal opinion updates released for GMSLA and GMRA
20 April 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

ISLA and ICMA have released updates to legal opinions for the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement and Global Master Repurchase Agreement, the most widely used legal agreements for securities lending and repo transactions

Convergence to acquire Double N Advisors
19 April 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

DNA founder Carl J Versella will lead Convergence’s capital markets segment and management consulting practice

FactSet appoints Joel Kornblum to facilitate ecosystem growth
19 April 2022 Canada
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

FactSet has appointed Joel Kornblum to work with the partnerships and alliances team to help expand the firm’s ecosystem

Katelyn Smith joins MUFG
19 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Smith joins the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation’s New York office as assistant vice president

European Commission launches consultation to improve WHT refund procedures for cross-border investors
14 April 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The consultation, which extends until 24 June, aims to strengthen controls to prevent cum-ex fraud and to digitalise procedures for WHT reclamation

PolySign set to acquire digital fund administrator MG Stover
14 April 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

US technology company PolySign is to acquire digital fund administrator MG Stover to offer its institutional investor clients a custody and administration offering for cryptocurrency and digital assets. The acquisition is expected to complete in Q2 2

PASLA welcomes new executive committee members
13 April 2022 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Sean Greaves, Karim Chabane and Poya Bozorgi have been appointed as executive committee members at the Pan-Asia Securities Lending Association

BrokerTec launches next-generation Stream platform
13 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Existing BrokerTec Stream clients will migrate to the new platform in Q4 2022 for enhanced processing times, faster market data, as well as liquidity and matching opportunities

FIS joins forces with Fireblocks for access to digital asset wallet technology
13 April 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

FIS has partnered with Fireblocks, a digital asset custody, transfer and settlement platform, to move, store and issue digital assets, and gain access to self-custody digital asset wallet technology

Everaert and Beattie appointed heads at CME
12 April 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Michel Everaert joins CME Group as head of EMEA at CME’s London office, while Russell Beattie becomes head of Asia Pacific at the firm’s Singapore branch

DTCC and Digital Dollar Project test CBDC in trade clearing and settlement
12 April 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has released a prototype, developed in collaboration with The Digital Dollar Project, to examine how a central bank digital currency (CBDC) may operate in the US clearing and settlement infrastructure

Provable Markets forms alliance with FIS
12 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The partnership will integrate Provable Markets’ Aurora service and FIS’ Securities Lending Processing Platform, to allow NSCC members and sponsored access firms entry to DTCC’s SFT Clearing Service