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FSB appoints new standing committee chairs
30 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

Nellie Liang becomes the new chair of the FSB Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities, with Ryozo Himino heading the Standing Committee on Standards Implementation

DTCC makes trio of leadership appointments
29 March 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Susan Cosgrove (pictured) has been named as president of clearing and securities services, replacing DTCC veteran Murray Pozmanter

Citi goes live with Nordnet on its Securities Lending Access platform
29 March 2023 UK, Nordics
Reporter: Bob Currie

This solution brings together Citi’s lending platform with Sharegain technology to digitise the securities lending transaction lifecycle, aiming to democratise lending by extending access to a wider community of investors

Pirum enhances CoacsConnect to automate corporate actions process
28 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The next phase of CoacsConnect will fully automate the voluntary corporate action process for the securities finance industry

KfW joins LCH SwapAgent
28 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

KfW has joined uncleared derivatives market service LCH SwapAgent and has processed the first Transport Currency trade with its counterparties

DSB to release OTC ISIN report in June
28 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Timings of the consultation are being communicated in advance to ensure that the industry has sufficient notice to plan and align resources for participation, says the Derivatives Service Bureau

CAF selects BNP Paribas Securities Services as agent lender
27 March 2023 Venezuela
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Latin America and Caribbean development bank CAF has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services as agent lender for its US $1.3 billion portfolio

Pirum appoints Perry as business development representative
27 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Graeme Perry, former BNP Paribas Securities Services director of trading strategy and relationships, has joined Pirum to help meet a growth in demand across the firm’s full suite of front-office and post-trade services

Clearstream releases Collateral Mapper to enhance utilisation of equity collateral
27 March 2023 Luxembourg Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collateral Mapper delivers an integrated view of the collateral inventory and offers pre-emptive insights on the potential of an equity portfolio using automated workflow

LCH SwapAgent welcomes first buy-side client
24 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

BlueCrest Capital Management joins the LCH SwapAgent service, which is designed to simplify processing, margining and settlement of uncleared derivatives

Euroclear selects Reece to head new collateral management unit
23 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Former J.P. Morgan veteran Mike Reece has joined Euroclear’s Collateral Highway management team as head of collateral management client services and operations

Strong improvement in capital reserves and liquidity risk profiles key to banking resilience, says BCBS
23 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

Since 2011, banks’ leverage ratio has improved from 3.5 to 6.5 per cent and their risk-based common equity tier 1 ratio (CET1) has risen from 7 to 13 per cent, according to Basel Committee