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EuroCCP hires Robert Wit
23 August 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Wit has been appointed as EuroCCP’s liquidity manager at its Amsterdam office

AIX’s securities lending transactions total US$600k
20 August 2021 Kazakhstan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Astana International Exchange reveal its securities lending transactions totalled US$600,000 since the launch of its service in March 2020

GPFA welcomes new member OMERS
20 August 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Global Peer Financing Association has announced its newest member, Canadian pension plan OMERS, to its beneficial owner community

Gavin Beard one of several hires at Kaizen Reporting
19 August 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Kaizen Reporting announces five new hires with Gavin Beard, former FMO regulator lead at Standard Chartered, appointed to client relationship manager

Use IM obligations as driver for collateral efficiency, urges ISDA’s O’Malia
19 August 2021 Global
Reporter: SFT

Scott O’Malia, ISDA’s chief executive, has asked industry participants to use the final implementation phases of initial margin (IM) rules for non-cleared derivatives as an opportunity to sharpen their collateral management practices

SEC settles with Toronto investment adviser Murchinson over short-selling violations
18 August 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The hedge fund adviser and two of its staff supplied inaccurate order information, causing executing brokers to breach uncovered short sale rules under Regulation SHO

CITIC CSLA first Chinese broker to execute through BNY Mellon’s Stock Connect
17 August 2021 Beijing
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Stock Connect service allows China A-Shares to be used as collateral

SEC and ECB sign agreement on supervision of security-based swap dealers
17 August 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

US securities market regulator and European Central Bank sign MoU to facilitate supervision of security-based swap entities and to assist cross-border inspection

REGIS-TR partners with Reg-X
17 August 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Reg-X is a provider of reporting and compliance solutions in the regulatory space, which includes regulatory reporting solutions, platforms and consulting services

BNY Mellon and SNB Capital begin global securities services in Saudi Arabia
17 August 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The merger will enable the partners to arrange and deliver such services to institutional and large asset owners based in the country

Ben Meaden promoted to Aviva Investors’ head of securities finance
17 August 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Meaden rises to securities finance head, following Mick Chadwick’s departure, with Caroline Hedges stepping up to global head of liquidity and securities finance in June

Treliant acquires Vox Financial Partners
16 August 2021 UK
Reporter: SFT

Takeover of Belfast-based regulation and capital markets consultancy Vox Financial is the latest step in Treliant’s bid to expand its capital markets footprint in Europe