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DeFinity partners with Cobalt
23 December 2021 London
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The partnership will enable real-time foreign exchange clearing and dynamic credit management of digital asset trades

Euroclear Bank to join ECB’s T2S settlement system
22 December 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

TARGET2-Securities offers centralised settlement in central bank money across European securities markets

EXCLUSIVE: FinOptSys hires John Stancati
21 December 2021 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Stancati will lead new product development, while helping to grow the securities finance platform’s capabilities at its Toronto office

Keler and IRGiT join forces for CEE regional clearing collaboration
21 December 2021 CEE
Reporter: Bob Currie

An agreement signed between the Warsaw and Budapest stock exchanges, the Polish Power Exchange and Hungarian National Bank plans regional clearing services for CEE and SEE, initially targeting commodities and energy markets

Malaysia’s intraday short selling ban to lift on 1 Jan
20 December 2021 Malaysia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Short selling is to be reintroduced from the new year, subject to additional control measures including application of “at-tick rule”

Proximity raises $31 million in second-round investment stage
20 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Proxymity has raised US$31 million in its second-round investment stage

ESMA issues public statement on postponement of CSDR buy-ins
20 December 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

European securities market regulator clarifies its supervisory approach on implementation of buy-in regime, confirming news from November that it has asked co-legislators for a delay in buy-in element

HSBC and IBM complete successful token and digital wallet settlement test
17 December 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC and IBM have successfully tested an advanced token and digital wallet settlement that included direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies, using the cloud

ESMA appoints new vice chair
16 December 2021 EU
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority has appointed Erik Thedéen as its vice chair, for a two and a half year term, effective immediately

Wematch raises a further US$8.5 million at second close of Series B funding
16 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Bob Currie

Second tranche of Series B funding adds Barclays and CE Innovation Capital as Wematch backers, bringing Series B fundraising to US$28 million

Clearstream processes first demat securities issued on D7 platform
15 December 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Marking the first live element in Deutsche Börse’s D7 platform for electronic securities issuance and processing, market participants have commenced testing for the next phases of the digital platform roll-out

RBC I&TS appoints Paul Burd as global head of client operations
14 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Paul Burd as managing director and global head of client operations, effective 3 January 2022