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Acadia and Transcend form Collateral Validation Service
12 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will help to mitigate UMR challenges for buy-side and broker-dealers as they face a growing volume of margin activity, says Transcend

Michael Maddox joins AccessFintech
11 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

AccessFintech has appointed Michael Maddox as global account manager

ISLA responds to SEC 10c-1, reflecting on SFTR experience
11 January 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The International Securities Lending Association’s response to the SEC 10c-1 consultation comments on reporting timeframes, issues of scope and extraterritoriality, along with the value of a consensus-derived market data standard

Templeton appointed global head of securities finance sales at BNY Mellon
11 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Templeton brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, having previously spent the past two decades at BNY Mellon as head of financial institutions and intermediaries

ISLA adopts PASLA annexes to the GMSLA
10 January 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The new arrangement will facilitate the development of future annexes and addendums identified as requisites for securities lending activity in Asia Pacific markets

Hedge funds negotiate inflation uncertainty to deliver strong December
10 January 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Hedge funds ended 2021 with a strong December performance, led by high-beta strategies in equity hedge, event-driven and commodities, according to Chicago-based index and research specialist Hedge Fund Research

Kapiteijn back in securities finance with CME Group
10 January 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Danny Kapiteijn will join CME Group as manager of BrokerTec Products after leaving the securities finance sector in 2020

VERMEG partners with Cassini Systems to aid IM requirements
06 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will aid financial institutions with uncleared over-the-counter derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives and prime brokerage

BrokerTec reports rise in US and European repo activity during December
06 January 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

CME-owned fixed income and repo trading platform reports 31 per cent YoY rise in average daily notional value for US repo and 1 per cent rise for European repo in December

Michael Daly leaves BBH
06 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Entering the US investment services specialist in 2008, Daly leaves his position as securities lending relationship manager after 13 years

Tradeweb reports December rise in global repo activity
05 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume on Tradeweb climbed 3.1 per cent YoY for December to US$314.0 billion. The total trading volume for December 2021 was US$20.0 trillion across electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets

BMO Capital Markets expands with senior hires
05 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Thomas Guagliardo and Robert Luzzo have joined BMO Capital Markets as managing directors to build the firm’s US prime brokerage business