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Citi appoints Ken Sansom as head of securities services technology
22 February 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Sansom joins Citi from Amazon Web Services, where he was responsible for helping companies use cloud technologies

Taryn Siglain swaps Morgan Stanley for State Street
22 February 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

State Street has appointed Taryn Siglain as global head of its principal securities lending programme, Enhanced Custody

Margin pressures in commodity markets present contagion fears, says FSB
21 February 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Financial Stability Board finds that the commodities ecosystem was mainly able to absorb liquidity pressures with minimal disruption. But the system did creak on occasions, such as the LME decision to suspend nickel market trading

Duco releases EMIR Refit solution
21 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution will offer a no-code functionality to remap existing processes or build new ones without technical knowledge, says Duco

Deutsche Bank trials digital fund investment servicing platform with Memento
21 February 2023 Germany, Singaore
Reporter: Bob Currie

Proof of concept aims to offer a “one-stop” digital fund investment servicing solution, targeted at asset managers and their service intermediaries, that will streamline the process of issuing and servicing digital funds

Clearstream GSF volume outstanding dips to €542 billion for January
21 February 2023 Luxembourg, Clearstream
Reporter: SFT

Global securities finance volume contracts 2% YoY for January 2023, but Clearstream’s assets under custody and ICSD activity grows relative to January 2022

Swiss National Bank accepts digital native asset as eligible collateral
20 February 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The bond was first issued by the city of Lugano in January 2023, with dual listings on SIX Digital Exchange Trading AG and SIX Swiss Exchange

India launches consultation on securities lending for government securities
20 February 2023 India
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Reserve Bank of India proposal will allow borrowing in all G-SECs issued by central government apart from treasury bills, with loan trades from one day to 90 days

EXCLUSIVE: LIKEZERO hires Davies
20 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Simon Davies joins the contract risk and data capture software specialist as head of strategy and partners, where he will help clients to navigate the challenges of contract management and data capture

Madalin Prout joins Haruko
20 February 2023 Singapore
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Haruko offers a digital asset platform for institutional investors, aiming to simplify market engagement and improve risk management

EquiLend to launch Competitive Bid
17 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Competitive Bid will soon launch to promote greater liquidity in the automated trading market of hard-to-borrow securities

J.P. Morgan appoints Miller
17 February 2023 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Justin Miller joins the firm’s Abu Dhabi office as executive director, CEEMEA sales and client relationship management