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Cboe Clear Europe granted permanent recognition as non-UK CCP
13 January 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

The Amsterdam-based clearing house reports that it is the first non-UK CCP to be granted permanent recognition by the Bank of England, having been a participant in the UK’s Temporary Recognition Regime from 2020

S&P Global Market Intelligence Cappitech appoints Navarro
13 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Isabel Navarro has joined S&P Global Market Intelligence Cappitech as associate director and product manager

Baudo leaves ING
12 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Michael Baudo, former president and CEO of ING, has departed from the firm after 23 years to pursue other opportunities

BoE finalises unwind of £19.3 billion gilts purchase made to restore stability after UK mini-budget
12 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank began the sell-off of these temporary holdings on 29 November through a series of reverse enquiry windows, yesterday completing the sale of £12.1 billion in long-dated conventional gilts and £7.2 billion in index-linked gilts

ESMA recommends ISO-standard DTI codes for DLT pilot
11 January 2023 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The authority has recommended ISO-standard digital token identifier codes for use in its distributed ledger technology pilot regulatory regime, which comes into force 23 March 2023

CalPERS completes first trade on GLMX electronic trading platform
11 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has printed its first trade with a large global bank on the GLMX money market electronic trading platform, becoming the first US public pension fund to use the technology

Wematch welcomes Levin to head securities lending product
10 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ross Levin will lead the strategic direction of Wematch’s securities lending module as head of securities lending product

Vertiv appoints Albertazzi as CEO
10 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Giordano Albertazzi will aim to increase Vertiv’s customer focus as the firm addresses the infrastructure and business needs of the data centre, communication networks and industrial applications

Tonic appoints Kaim
10 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ron Kaim, former senior business analyst at S&P Global, joins Tonic as consultant and business analyst

BNP Paribas and CACEIS establish issuer services JV
10 January 2023 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Uptevia joint venture, which has received approval from the regulatory and competition authorities and was founded on 1 January 2023, aims to be the leading issuer services provider in France and ultimately across Europe

BNP Paribas takes part in Series C funding round for AccessFintech
09 January 2023 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Paris-based banking group indicates that this investment will help it to bring the latest technology, data and workflow tools to clients in an effort to shorten settlement cycle, manage collateral requirements and reduce transaction costs

MarketAxess names Concannon as CEO
09 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Chris Concannon will become the firm’s new CEO on 3 April 2023, taking the reins from current CEO and chairman Richard McVey