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Wematch.live platform hits US$150 billion in ongoing notional value
13 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The milestone follows the firm’s announcement that the platform had reached US$5.8 billion in average daily matched volume in January

Drexel Hamilton selects FinOptSys platform
13 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

FinOptSys has onboarded investment bank Drexel Hamilton, which is 100 per cent owned and operated by military veterans, to its platform to support and scale the bank’s specialty finance business

Beijing Stock Exchange launches securities lending and margin trading
13 February 2023 China
Reporter: Bob Currie

The exchange indicates that this release marks an important step in the development of the CBEX market system by boosting market liquidity, enhancing trading functions and improving price discovery in the secondary market

BNP Paribas appoints Manfredi
10 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Frank Manfredi will join BNP Paribas’ equity financing team, where he will take on the role of securities lending trader

FINBOURNE to provide European fixed income consolidated tape
10 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb have partnered with FINBOURNE to produce a consolidated tape for fixed income in European markets

Changing nature of liquidity risk may amplify market shocks, says ESMA
10 February 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

High levels of uncertainty and fragile market liquidity are limiting the resilience of the financial system against external shocks, ESMA finds in its latest report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities

ICMA ERCC forms new committee
10 February 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council has welcomed 19 individuals to form its 2023 committee, including AXA Investment Managers’ Charlie Badran, BlackRock Investment Manager’s Emma Cooper and Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast

SNB Capital enlists Broadridge to build securities lending business
09 February 2023 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Saudi Arabia-based financial institution SNB Capital will incorporate Broadridge’s Securities Finance and Collateral Management solution to grow the coverage of its securities services offering on local assets

BoE issues guidance on outsourcing and third-party risk management for CCPs
09 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of England’s supervisory statement specifies how CCPs should meet their regulatory requirements for outsourced services, with a compliance deadline set for 9 February 2024

Deutsche Börse appoints Google Cloud as preferred cloud partner
09 February 2023 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

The German infrastructure giant will use Google Cloud as its preferred cloud services partner for the coming 10 years, supporting development of its D7 platform along with a range of data and analytics applications and regulatory controls

ApoBank selects Regnology for regulatory reporting
08 February 2023 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank (ApoBank) will begin its transition to Regnology’s managed services in February 2023, having been a longstanding client of its Abacus bank reporting platform

Pirum names Anderson as chair
07 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Neal Anderson will chair Pirum’s board of directors as it continues to drive product innovation and pursue efficiency and productivity gains for its customers