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Dubai Clear becomes a member of CCP12
29 June 2021 UAE
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UAE-based equity clearing house joins global clearing association as primary member

German banks complete OTC interest rate derivatives trade using digital smart contract
29 June 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Full lifecycle of OTC derivative transaction processed in automated and legally-binding process, demonstrating advantages of smart derivative contracts according to trade participants

Sinara Group extends international coverage through Cyprus-registered holding company
29 June 2021 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Holding company plans acquisition of brokerage firms in the European Union and UK to widen its services to Russian and international customers

ALFI re-elects Corinne Lamesch as its chairperson
28 June 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

Lamesch will continue for another two-year term, with the Luxembourg fund management trade association also electing a new Board of Directors

ESMA registers first two repositories under the Securitisation Regulation
25 June 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European DataWarehouse GmbH based in Germany and Dutch-based SecRep B.V. become the first SRs to be approved by European securities market regulator

BoE confirms supervisory action against Euroclear UK and Ireland following settlement outage
25 June 2021
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UK and Ireland CSD required by central bank to implement recommendations of an independent review

Gavin Marcus promoted at IHS Markit
25 June 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The regulatory reporting expert is now a director in the global regulatory reporting solution sales division in North America assisting clients with their target operating models

CloudMargin collaborates with Ivno
24 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CloudMargin and Ivno have entered into a strategic partnership that leverages Ivno’s DLT and CloudMargin’s collateral management capabilities

LCH widens buy-side clearing access on RepoClear
24 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Sponsored membership extended to a wider set of buy-side firms, with Insight Investment becoming first fund manager to transact cleared repo on behalf of a UK defined benefit pension fund

Tokenised securities: time to turn experimentation into real drive forward
24 June 2021 Asia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Lack of regulatory harmonisation and paper-based transaction flows hold back trading growth in tokenised securities, says Asian trade association

Tom Daniels departs BNY Mellon
23 June 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

Head of securities lending business development for the Americas exits after 14 years in role

Thalia Chryssikou appointed as chair of AFME board
23 June 2021 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Goldman Sachs executive succeeds Michael Cole-Fontayn as AFME Chair