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ION appoints Robert Cioffi as global head of equities product management
18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Cioffi, former UBS Investment Bank executive director, brings 25 years of experience to the role which he will oversee at ION’s London office

Pirum launches Trade Risk Manager ahead of settlement discipline regime live date
18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Trade Risk Manager offers front-office risk management and workflow tools that help users to ready themselves for enactment of the CSDR settlement discipline regime (SDR) and to manage a wider set of post-trade risks

German banks execute real-time securities lending trade on blockchain
17 November 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

DekaBank and Metzler Bank finalise DvD securities lending transaction on DekaBank’s blockchain-based digital securities platform, reducing previous collateralisation and custody overheads according to trade participants

GMEX MultiHub launches Digital MultiHub for traditional and digital asset markets
17 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MultiHub is designed to address platform interoperability and time to market challenges as well as addressing the lack of standards still apparent across multiple blockchains and traditional infrastructure

Standard Chartered executes ESG ‘use of proceeds’ repo with Saudi National Bank
17 November 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Proceeds from this US$250 million repo transaction will be allocated towards several large renewable energy projects and green initiatives in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region

EquiLend, PASLA and RMA release 2021 Asia Pacific user guide
17 November 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: SFT

The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association and the Risk Management Association, working in collaboration with EquiLend, have released the latest version of their APAC Securities Lending Market user guide, covering 14 markets in the region

SPACs to be listed and traded in Switzerland
16 November 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies have been authorised for listing and trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange from 6 December

BNY Mellon unveils suite of new ESG Data Analytics for collateral management clients
15 November 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has launched a suite of new ESG Data Analytics for collateral management clients

UAE central bank to publish new DONIA reference rate
15 November 2021 UAE
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Dirham Overnight Index Average is the effective overnight reference rate for the Dirham. Published from 7 December 2021, this will co-exist with EIBOR and will form part of the Dirham Monetary Framework implementation plan

FCA issues fines in second case of ‘serious’ cum-ex trading failings
12 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Sunrise Brokers has been fined £600,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority for deficient anti-money laundering systems and controls, the second cum-ex trading case to face the FCA this year

ISLA becomes member of FINOS
12 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The International Securities Lending Association has partnered with the Fintech Open Source Foundation to promote the development of a digital future for financial markets

European Commission proposes “equivalence” extension for UK-based CCPs
11 November 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Proposals, targeted for early 2022, aim to protect financial stability in the short term as well as medium-term objectives to reduce “risky over-reliance” on a third country