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Blythe Masters chairs Wilshire Digital Assets Advisory Group
14 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Masters is the founding partner of Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm, and brings more than three decades of experience to the newly formed group

UK regulators initiate review of banks’ equity finance activities
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The joint letter, written in the shadow of the Archegos default, requires banks’ senior management to assess their equity finance businesses and associated risk management, reporting back by end of Q1 2022

Hg invests in Pirum
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Pirum Systems has secured a new investor to drive its global growth strategy, with Hg sharing joint control with Pirum’s current major investor Bowmark Capital

First euro repo cleared via sponsored clearing model on RepoClear SA
10 December 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

RepoClear SA’s sponsored clearing service enables buy-side member firms to directly access repo clearing across 13 euro debt markets and €GCPlus

Clearstream’s global securities financing volumes grow in November
09 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The post-trade services provider has released its monthly figures, revealing a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in volume outstanding to €578.1 billion for its global securities finance business

Cassini closes financing round for margin analytics platform expansion
09 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Cassini Systems has completed a growth financing round reaching US$20.5 million, led by fintech investor Ten Coves Capital and venture capital firm Mosaik Partners

OSTTRA Traiana expands OTC LimitHub to support equity clearing
09 December 2021 UK
Reporter: SFT

The launch of Traiana Equity LimitHub service with BNP Paribas Securities Services extends limit monitoring tools and credit approvals for sponsored members clearing via a GCM

Broadridge and SLIB proxy voting solution goes live in France
09 December 2021 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution enables intermediaries that serve France-based investors to meet mandatory obligations to support voting for European shareholder meetings under the updated Shareholder Rights Directive

Fidelity Digital Assets granted official status for crypto asset activities by FCA
08 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Fidelity Digital Assets has been granted official registration status for crypto asset activities by the UK Financial Conduct Authority

Cyber risk seen as top threat to financial markets says DTCC
07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation survey has revealed increasing concerns around inflation and climate change, with cyber risk reportedly the number one threat facing the global financial markets in 2022

State Street, Vanguard and Symbiont complete first live trade for FX forward contracts through blockchain
07 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street has completed the margin calculation process for a live trade of a 30-day foreign exchange forward contract through the use of Assembly, Symbiont’s distributed ledger technology

Nigeria counts down to CCP launch for exchange-traded derivatives
07 December 2021 Nigeria
Reporter: Bob Currie

NG Clearing gears up for its launch this week as West Africa’s first CCP, with live trades to be cleared before early January