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MUFG Global Securities Lending Solutions Group partners with OpenText
06 April 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OpenText and MUFG Global Securities Lending Solutions Group have partnered in an effort to deliver enhanced services to clients

Tradeweb reports 8.1% YoY rise in repo ADV for March
06 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

For Q1 of 2022, record activity was seen across US and European government bonds, fully electronic US high grade and high yield credit, repo transactions and ETFs, according to Tradeweb

BNP Paribas collaborates with DTCC on UMR solution
06 April 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution comes ahead of initial margin wave 5, with an objective to ensure full, end-to-end straight-through processing connectivity, preparing the industry for Phase 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules

Rathbone Funds adopts Charles River IMS and State Street Alpha Data Platform
06 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Rathbone Funds will leverage the Charles River Investment Management Solution to support its equity, fixed income and multi-asset portfolio management and aid the growth of the business

CACEIS appoints Christopher Christofi
05 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

CACEIS UK has appointed Christopher Christofi as head of risk and permanent controls and CASS oversight officer

KOR secures CFTC approval
05 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Trade data processing and management platform for derivatives markets, KOR, has been registered as a licenced regulatory Swap Data Repository for all asset classes and client segments by US regulator CFTC

SIX launches new platform for the Nordic markets and completes acquisition of REGIS-TR
05 April 2022 Scandinavia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SIX has launched a new clearing platform for the Nordic Markets to enable the clearing of 10 million trade legs per day, with SIX expecting an increase in the number of cleared trades going forward

ESMA submits final report on Short Selling Regulation
05 April 2022 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The report builds on experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic relating to the emergency procedures applied by national supervisors, along with impact assessment of the meme stock “short squeeze” in US markets

FCA extend SFTR deadline for third country issuer LEIs
05 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Financial Conduct Authority will extend UK SFTR reporting of LEIs of non-EEA third country issuers for another 6 months, closely in line with ESMA’s deadline

OCC securities lending average daily loan volume rises 16% YoY in March
05 April 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Total cleared volume for March 2022 through the Chicago-based clearing house was the second-highest on record

Global securities lending revenues rise 32% YoY, says DataLend
04 April 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Lending revenues rose 5 per cent YoY during Q1 to US$2.17 billion, with March revenues up 32 per cent YoY to US$836 million

GPIF requests information on effects of securities lending suspension
04 April 2022 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After suspending its securities lending programme in 2019, the Japan-based Government Pension Investment Fund registered a Request for Information on the effects of its decision and will consider conducting an analysis of the results