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State Street’s securities finance revenues up 16% YoY
19 January 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Boston-based asset servicer sees securities finance revenues grow through stronger loan balances and new mandate wins. Assets under custody and administration hit new high of US$43.7 trillion

Guillaume Tellez appointed CFO of WeMatch
18 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tellez joins the firm from J.P Morgan after 10 years with the bank, where he acted as head of partnerships for international consumer

BlackRock sec lending full-year revenues down for 2021, AuM tops US$10 trillion
18 January 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US asset manager delivered the strongest organic growth in its history, according to Larry Fink, but securities lending revenue fell 15% YoY to US$555 million for 2021

LCH RepoClear set new highs in 2021
17 January 2022 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

Combined LCH RepoClear Ltd and SA nominal hits record €237.6 trillion during 2021 across a new highpoint of 10.5 million trades

Morgan Stanley hires Brian Leung
14 January 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Leung joins Morgan Stanley as sales manager of its Bank Resource Management business after leaving Deutsche Bank last month

Citi establishes clearing and settlement facility for Beijing Stock Exchange
14 January 2022 China
Reporter: Bob Currie

NEEQ-owned Beijing Stock Exchange will specialise in innovation-oriented SME stocks, with many companies currently trading on NEEQ expected to migrate to the new exchange

Fredrik Carstens joins ISLA as public affairs advisor
13 January 2022 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Carstens brings more than 30 years of financial markets experience to the role, working both in trading and in senior sales positions in the securities lending industry

BIS, SIX and Swiss central bank complete CBDC settlement with commercial banks in test environment
13 January 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Project Helvetia aims to prepare for a financial future where financial assets are tokenised and financial infrastructures run on distributed ledger technology with linkage to existing core banking systems

Clearstream’s GSF business grows in December
12 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: SFT

Global Securities Financing (GSF) business expanded by 11% YoY to €567.0 billion volume outstanding during December, with assets under custody in Clearstream rising to €16.9 trillion

Standard Chartered Hong Kong to acquire RBC Investor Services Hong Kong
12 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) is to acquire RBC Investor Services Trust Hong Kong Limited, subject to regulatory approval

Michael Maddox joins AccessFintech
11 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

AccessFintech has appointed Michael Maddox as global account manager

ISLA responds to SEC 10c-1, reflecting on SFTR experience
11 January 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The International Securities Lending Association’s response to the SEC 10c-1 consultation comments on reporting timeframes, issues of scope and extraterritoriality, along with the value of a consensus-derived market data standard