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Central clearing key to risk reduction in US Treasury Market, says DTCC
26 May 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

DTCC report identifies dangers of fragmentation and contagion risk in US Treasury clearing

Bujakowski moves to AccessFintech from Thought Machine
25 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The B2B Software-as-a-Service expert has extensive experience building and scaling infrastructure to hit multi-million dollar revenues

ESMA calls for lowering notification threshold of short positions
24 May 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The reporting threshold on short positions was lowered from 0.2 per cent to 0.1 per cent in March last year but has since lapsed — leaving a data black hole, the regulator says

Northern Trust gains securities lending mandate for the UK coal pension schemes
24 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust is providing Coal Pension Trustees Services with securities lending, valuation reporting, performance measurement, foreign exchange and global custody services

ISLA publishes GMSLA 2020 US tax addendum
21 May 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The addendum covers qualified derivative dealer and securities lender status’

ESMA appoints new director
20 May 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Natasha Cazenave has a background in corporate finance and consultancy and is only ESMA’s second executive director

Associations publish SFTR statement updating collateral provisions post-Brexit
19 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The UK SFTR Information Statement is based upon the Information Statement previously published and has been adjusted to reflect the equivalent provisions of UK SFTR

Siebert securities finance division hits record revenues
19 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The US firm reported strong results all round for the first quarter of this year, thanks to investments and implementing cost-saving measures

SEC needs to plug short selling data gap, says commissioner
18 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw has joined a growing chorus of voices who, in the wake of the GameStop saga, are calling for greater transparency and reporting frequencies around short selling

Pirum builds out CollateralConnect
18 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The new risk management module makes it easier for firms to adhere to numerous regulatory regimes

Citi launches automated securities lending solution for private investors
14 May 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Working with fintech Sharegain, Citi’s new fully digital out-of-the-box solution allows smaller players to lend their securities

Frontclear concludes first Dominican Republic cross-border repo trade
14 May 2021 Dominican Republic
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The firm unlocks access to global and local interbank markets for emerging markets and developing countries’ banks by providing credit guarantees to cover counterparty credit risk, utilising local currency assets as collateral