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Broadridge appoints Trip Chong as director of business development
08 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Trip Chong brings 13 years of industry experience to the role at Broadridge, where she will act as director for the firm's Securities Class Action solutions at its London office

Eurex takes step into USD swap market
05 November 2021 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Responding to the increasing demand from EU end-clients for additional currencies, Eurex says this move will better allow them to migrate their euro-heavy portfolios to Eurex, whilst keeping their full exposure in a single clearing house

SFTS: Liquidity access continues to strengthen within securities finance markets
05 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

There is abundant liquidity within securities finance markets, with the ability to access liquidity via a diverse set of channels remaining crucially important, according to panellists during the SFT Securities Finance Technology Symposium

UN agency launches African repo facility
05 November 2021 Africa
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, which is now fully operational, is expected to deliver savings of up to US$11 billion in borrowing costs over the coming five years and has the backing of several international asset

SFTS: the digital marketplace requires shared solutions
05 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The securities lending industry has seen “a huge amount of innovation” in technology over the past few years, affirms one panellist at the Securities Finance Times Symposium

SFTS: UMR has underlined the need for optimisation
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Uncleared Margin Rules has meant that the industry has got closer to regulators and brought those previously considered competitors closer together, says one panellist at the Securities Finance Technology Symposium

SFTS: Tokenisation is going to shift collateral management
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tokenisation is going to shift collateral management from being reactive, as it typically is today, to being a lot more proactive, says a panellist at the Securities Finance Technology Symposium

SFTS: uncertainty around SDR implementation looms large
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

There remains a greater demand for clarity from the market amid continued uncertainty around the implementation of the SDR of CSDR, according to a panel at the Securities Finance Technology Symposium

SFTS: SFTR compliance concerns will escalate when fines are issued
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Compliance concerns will escalate considerably once the first fine is issued, says one panellist at this year’s Securities Finance Technology Symposium

Securities lending associations working group unveils formal name
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

ISLA has announced that the collaborative global group formed by five securities lending industry associations will be formally known as the Global Alliance of Securities Lending Associations

LiquidShare integrates with Vermeg’s Megara platform for crypto assets
03 November 2021 France
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Vermeg has integrated its Megara platform with LiquidShare to allow the settlement of crypto assets using blockchain technology, making the latter one of the first blockchain platforms offering connectivity to a custody platform

BNP Paribas appoints Frédéric Pascal to head of markets and financing services
03 November 2021 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Frédéric Pascal will replace Eric Deudon, who will leave BNP Paribas Securities Services next year to pursue other opportunities after more than three decades with the bank