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SEBA Bank launches first regulated gold token to enable digital ownership of physical gold
15 December 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SEBA Bank’s gold token has been developed in conjunction with Argor-Heraeus, a service provider in the precious metal industry, and aXedras, a blockchain-based precious metal platform

Clearstream processes first demat securities issued on D7 platform
15 December 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Marking the first live element in Deutsche Börse’s D7 platform for electronic securities issuance and processing, market participants have commenced testing for the next phases of the digital platform roll-out

RBC I&TS appoints Paul Burd as global head of client operations
14 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Paul Burd as managing director and global head of client operations, effective 3 January 2022

FIS appoints new head of product strategy for digital assets
14 December 2021 Spain
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

FIS has appointed Ralph Achkar as head of product strategy for digital assets, currency, and blockchain technology

Genesis Custody receives FCA approval as cryptoasset business
14 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Genesis Custody Limited has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to be a registered cryptoasset business

CBA and Northern Trust trade Australia’s first green repo
14 December 2021 Australia
Reporter: SFT

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s green repo product has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a not-for-profit agency promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy, and evaluated against the global Climate Bonds Standard

Blythe Masters chairs Wilshire Digital Assets Advisory Group
14 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Masters is the founding partner of Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm, and brings more than three decades of experience to the newly formed group

UK regulators initiate review of banks’ equity finance activities
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The joint letter, written in the shadow of the Archegos default, requires banks’ senior management to assess their equity finance businesses and associated risk management, reporting back by end of Q1 2022

VERMEG launches software solution to connect European banks into ECMS
13 December 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution enables European Banks to be ready for connection and operation with the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS), which launches in November 2023

Hg invests in Pirum
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Pirum Systems has secured a new investor to drive its global growth strategy, with Hg sharing joint control with Pirum’s current major investor Bowmark Capital

First euro repo cleared via sponsored clearing model on RepoClear SA
10 December 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

RepoClear SA’s sponsored clearing service enables buy-side member firms to directly access repo clearing across 13 euro debt markets and €GCPlus

Clearstream’s global securities financing volumes grow in November
09 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The post-trade services provider has released its monthly figures, revealing a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in volume outstanding to €578.1 billion for its global securities finance business