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LSEG partners with Microsoft to deliver cloud-based infrastructure and advances in data analytics
12 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Through this strategic partnership, LSEG will enter into a 10-year commercial arrangement to migrate its data platform and tech infrastructure into Microsoft’s Azure cloud, with Azure Machine Learning working with LSEG on new gen analytics solutions

UK government launches consultation on short-selling practices
09 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Through its review of the Short Selling Regulation, the government aims to gauge whether the UK’s approach to regulating the short selling of shares reflects the current circumstances of the post-Brexit UK market

UK government explores T+1 settlement potential with new taskforce
09 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Led by Charlie Geffen, the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce will explore the potential for T+1, assess current settlement performance, and provide recommendations for the move to a faster settlement

EquiLend reports 3% YoY rise in total executed trade counts for November
09 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Head of trading solutions Mike Norwood says NGT earnings for Q3 2022 ranged from mixed to slightly negative, though figures were “better than expected” as markets face elevated inflation and continued global political uncertainty

Bosonic settles first trade using cross-custodian net settlement
09 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Decentralised financial market infrastructure business Bosonic has settled a USDC and ETH trade using cross custodian net settlement

Tradeweb reports 7.8% increase YoY in repo ADV for November
08 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume traded on Tradeweb climbed 7.8 per cent YoY for November, generating US$395.6 billion

Scotiabank welcomes Triadu as head of collateral management and funding
08 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Amandine Triadu, former EMEA head of repo trading at Mizuho, joins the Canadian bank as director, head of collateral management and funding for Europe and Asia

BNY Mellon appoints Meaden
07 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ben Meaden, former head of securities finance at Aviva Investors, has joined BNY Mellon as director of securities finance

State Street hires Allen
07 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Nancy Allen has moved to State Street’s London office, where she takes on the role of assistant vice president for the EMEA financing solutions business development team

BNY Mellon employs Baton Core-Collateral in its collateral optimisation platform
07 December 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration will provide access to Baton System’s global CCP network alongside BNY Mellon’s Enterprise Continuous Portfolio Optimisation service to improve collateral velocity and reduce funding costs

Global securities finance revenues rise 13% YoY for November
06 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

S&P Global Market Intelligence reports that global securities finance revenues have increased 13 per cent year-on-year to US$1.005 billion

Acadia launches data analytics platform
06 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Data Exploration suite aims to help clients identify operational inefficiencies and heighten client margining processes, in addition to providing real-time data for collateral, margin and risk mitigation