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Broadridge hires Robert Kroos
09 February 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Kroos will join Broadridge Securities Finance and Collateral Management (SFCM) as part of its services offering to support a key client relationship

Euroclear to use Taskize for CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime
09 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear has selected a Taskize solution to appeal penalties on both its ICSD and its domestic CSDs, following the implementation of CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime on 1 February 2022

Pirum integrates BNY Mellon’s collateral schedules into CollateralConnect
09 February 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This development leverages BNY Mellon’s automated delivery service and fuses together the firm’s triparty schedule and collateral acceptability data into Pirum’s collateral management services

Commission extends UK CCP equivalence
09 February 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Commission has confirmed that it will extend equivalence for UK central counterparties through to 30 June 2025 and it will step up measures to enhance central clearing capacity in the EU

IHS Markit partners with Financial Recovery Technologies
08 February 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IHS Markit has partnered with Financial Recovery Technologies to deliver asset servicing capabilities for corporate actions and class actions

Funds raised by AST Industry Excellence Awards given to Mind
07 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Securities Finance Times' sister publication Asset Servicing Times has donated £12,100 to Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich Mind from proceeds made during a silent auction at its first Industry Excellence Awards

GLEIF publishes Ecosystem Governance Framework for vLEI
07 February 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The framework defines the vLEI operational model and describes how the new ecosystem’s range of vLEI issuing stakeholders will qualify for and perform their roles in the Global LEI System

Proposed Form PF updates will extend reporting obligations for hedge fund advisers
07 February 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The SEC’s proposed amendments to Form PF reporting will require large hedge fund advisers to disclose extraordinary investment losses, significant margin and default events, and material change in the prime broker relationship for reporting funds

BME launches digital proxy voting service in partnership with Proxymity
07 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BME has launched its digital proxy voting service for shareholders’ meetings in partnership with Proxymity

Regulators should review UCITS terms to make them more lendable, members tell BoE Committee
03 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

In a wide-ranging discussion, the BoE's Securities Lending Committee addressed agent lender disclosures, problems of lending UCITS, and pressure on lending revenues, according to the newly-released minutes of its November meeting

Pirum launches RepoConnect service
03 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

RepoConnect is a repo and buy-sell back real-time matching, reconciliation and lifecycle automation solution, available for the US and international markets

OCC securities lending average daily loan value rises 24% YoY for January
03 February 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending ADV rises YoY to US$132.1 billion for January, with aggregate cleared futures and options volumes hitting new January high