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SEC revises Form N-PX proxy voting reporting requirements for US-registered funds
04 November 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

These reforms are intended to make it easier for investors to compare the proxy voting records of mutual funds, ETFs and other fund entities, including the recall and voting of loan stock

HSBC releases tokenisation platform for digital bonds
04 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The European Investment Bank is exploring the possibility of issuing the market’s “first-ever” GBP tokenised bond, for registration and issuance under Luxembourg law, using HSBC’s new platform HSBC Orion

Tradeweb reports 13.6% rise YoY in repo ADV for October
03 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume traded on Tradeweb increased 13.6 per cent YoY for October, generating US$373.3 billion

BKM supports local girls football team
03 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Black Knight Media, publisher of industry leading titles Asset Servicing Times and Securities Finance Times, provides new kit to Beckenham Town U13’s girls team

Budh-Raja becomes first female chair at ISLA
03 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Budh-Raja will chair the association’s board of directors for the next three years, alongside the newly elected group, which consists of Jonathan Lombardo, Alessandro Cozzani and Philip Winter

Global securities lending revenue drops 5% YoY for October, says DataLend
03 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities finance industry generated US$781 million in revenue for lenders in October 2022, representing a 5 per cent decrease year-over-year from the US$821 million generated in October 2021

OCC cleared sec lending volume rises 12 per cent YoY for October
03 November 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending volumes cleared through OCC have grown 11.6 per cent YoY for October, but average daily loan value for OCC-cleared sec lending trades has contracted 11.6 per cent YoY to US$115.6 billion

KYC Hub launches solution for end-to-end onboarding
02 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Onboarding solution OpsFlow has been launched by KYC Hub after calls from the industry for a single solution to manage the complex onboarding process

McCabe joins Fidelity Capital Markets
02 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Marney McCabe has been appointed head of relationship management for agency lending at Fidelity Capital Markets, the institutional trading arm of Fidelity Investments

BNP Paribas implements Digital Regulatory Reporting for CFTC swap data
02 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The DRR initiative aims to create efficiency as firms adapt their reporting systems to comply with changes to CFTC reporting rules, and to improve the accuracy and consistency of what is reported

ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from six Indian CCPs
02 November 2022 EU
Reporter: SFT

European securities market regulator concludes that cumulative conditions for recognising these third-country CCPs under EMIR have not been met since no cooperation agreements have been established with the relevant Indian market authorities

Keren Halperin appointed to ISLA’s board of directors
01 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in London, Halperin is deputy CEO and chief of staff at capital markets fintech Sharegain