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GLMX hires Clarke
24 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Helena Clarke, formerly of Tradeweb, has joined the firm as client integration manager

ICMA welcomes six new firms
21 August 2026 Global
Reporter: Theodore Law

The International Capital Market Association now has 636 members in 71 jurisdictions

Clear Street Canada migrates clearing and execution to proprietary cloud-native platform
21 August 2026 Canada
Reporter: Theodore Law

Canadian institutional trading continues to run mostly on legacy infrastructure, largely owned by incumbent bank-dealers

STS Digital launches cross-asset portfolio margining
20 August 2026 Bermuda
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The offering will be available across the firm’s OTC business in spot, options, and structured products, and will allow institutions to post tokens already held as margin against positions in other assets

Axiology to participate in ECB’s Pontes and Appia Contact Group initial launch
20 August 2026 Lithuania
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Pontes and Appia are intended to shape a European capital markets environment where tokenised securities can move more efficiently across regulated infrastructure by reducing fragmentation

Kaizen welcomes Daniel to relationship management team
19 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Kerry Daniel joins the team with more than 20 years’ experience across fintech, post-trade operations, and regulatory change

ESMA consults on clearing activity at third-country CCPs
19 August 2026 Europe
Reporter: Theodore Law

The launch of the consultation aims to provide supervisory authorities with an overview of the scale, characteristics, and risk profile of EU firms’ exposures to such CCPs

Westpac joins Securities Finance Association
19 August 2026 Australia
Reporter: Theodore Law

Westpac is Australia’s first and oldest bank and has been providing services to customers for 200 years

Clearstream GSF volume outstanding jumps 29% YoY for July
18 August 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

The business reports a 31 per cent jump in year-to-date figures for its global securities financing business for the same month to €984 billion

Clearstream joins Eurosystem Pontes testing ahead of launch
18 August 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

Clearstream will engage in a series of end-to-end tests ahead of the Pontes launch, planned for 21 September 2026

Barclays recruits Hraska
18 August 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in New York, Jim Hraska will report to Geoff Allen, global head of prime derivatives services

Goldman Sachs hires Cole
18 August 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in Hong Kong, Cameron Cole brings experience in securities finance, data analytics, and APAC client engagement, with a technical background in Python, SQL, and VBA