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Euronext completes acquisition of Nexi technology businesses
01 December 2022 Italy
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Group has finalised acquisition of the technology businesses currently powering MTS and Euronext Securities Milan from Italian technology provider Nexi. The transaction was first announced in June

Clear Street launches trading system for securities lending market
01 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ATLAS is a proprietary trading system that allocates stock loan inventory to incoming customer requests

PRA adds UK twist for implementing latest Basel standards
30 Novembeer 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The proposed package aligns closely with Basel 3.1 standards, but adds specific UK refinements where the Prudential Regulatory Authority believes this will capture risk more effectively and promote the competitiveness and relative standing of the UK

DTCC publishes CBDC pilot findings
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

DTCC has published the findings of its pilot programme investigating how tokenised securities and a wholesale CBDC would operate in the US settlement infrastructure

State Street terminates acquisition of BBH’s Investor Services business
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

State Street agreed that “it is not in the best interests of clients, shareholders or employees to continue to invest time and resources in the transaction in this challenging financial services M&A environment”

CrossTower to buy BEQUANT as part of reset of digital asset market
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

New York-based crypto-exchange says the BEQUANT acquisition will reinforce its global product expansion and add a further 600 professional customers, generating more than US$400 billion in annual turnover, to its book of clients

Dolce leaves AXA Investment Managers
30 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ernst Dolce has departed from his position as head of liquidity solutions at AXA Investment Managers after 16 years with the firm

Mizuho Securities USA appoints Sureka to head equity finance
29 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Sandeep Sureka, former managing director, head of financing and structuring at Wells Fargo, will join the Mizuho Securities USA New York office

BOJ implements relaxed measures for securities lending facility
29 November 2022 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The move aims to ensure stability in the market by easing excessive tightening in the supply and demand of Japanese government securities in the repo market

SFTS: Securities finance needs standardisation
29 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Securities finance-as-a-service, golden source transaction records and standardisation are areas of particular interest as the industry looks to the future, panelists said

Broadridge and SLIB go-live with voting solution for French market
29 November 2022 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution aims to provide firms with an efficient, streamlined process throughout the vote processing lifecycle. With an automated and digital approach, Broadridge says the solution will reduce exposure to operational and regulatory risk

Swift Go adds more than 300 banks over 120 countries during 2022
29 November 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Bob Currie

This solution aims to deliver speed and transparency to payments of up to US$10,000, enabling users to send USD, GBP and EUR payments cross-border with a breakdown of how much it will cost them in deductions before they execute