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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

OCC securities lending average daily loan value hits new high during December
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending average daily loan value reaches new record US$147.7 billion during December, with US listed options cleared volume also reaching highest December levels on record

Global lending securities revenue up 21% for 2021, says DataLend
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities lending industry generated US$9.28 billion in revenue for lenders in 2021, according to DataLend

Michael Maddox leaves FIS
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The former senior sales executive spent eight years at FIS before announcing his departure

SKDD-CCP offers central clearing in Croatian market
04 January 2022 Croatia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Zagreb-based clearing entity becomes the fourteenth licensed to provide central counterparty services in the EU

South Street Securities Funding completes $90m private placement
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The proceeds of the fixed rate senior notes will be used to refinance existing debt and provide expansion capital to South Street Securities Funding’s broker-dealer subsidiary

Global PSSL publishes consolidated T&Cs
23 December 2021 UK
Reporter: SFT

These new T&Cs clarify roles and responsibilities for stakeholders to the project and provide a framework encouraging “long term thinking”, shaping how participants contribute to the future development of Global PSSL principles

Russia-based Sinara Investment Bank becomes member of ISDA
23 December 2021 Russia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Russia-based Sinara Investment Bank has become a member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a trade organisation of participants in the market for over-the-counter derivatives

SETL joins forces with SWIFT for digital assets pilot
23 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SETL is to work with SWIFT on an innovation pilot as part of a wider effort to support interoperability in the development of the tokenised asset market

Brian Leung leaves Deutsche Bank
23 December 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After 13 years with the firm, Leung has left his position as Deutsche Bank’s APAC head of trading for agency securities lending to pursue other opportunities

Industry consortium interpret latest CSDR mandatory buy-in statement from ESMA
23 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

An industry consortium has co-signed a joint-association statement setting out a common interpretation of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s statement which outlines EU legislators do not expect market participants to take further action

DeFinity partners with Cobalt
23 December 2021 London
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The partnership will enable real-time foreign exchange clearing and dynamic credit management of digital asset trades