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HQLA^X and Wematch announce collaboration to improve collateral mobility
13 September 2022 Luxembourg, UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration agreement will enable traders using Wematch’s trade execution platform that are also customers of HQLA^X to input securities lending IoIs on the Wematch platform, with settlement confirmed on HQLA^X

Bridges joins Clear Street
12 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Colin Bridges, former director of prime brokerage sales at Cowen, has been appointed as managing director of prime services at Clear Street

Buckland to head equity finance Europe at Millennium
09 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

James Buckland, former UBS veteran, has been appointed head of equity finance Europe at alternative investment management firm Millennium

Qatar regulator reviews rules on securities lending and covered shorts
09 September 2022 Qatar
Reporter: SFT

QFMA has issued new rules on covered short selling and SBL as part of package to enhance trading volumes and liquidity in the Qatari market

Save the date: Dave Williams Memorial Golf Day
08 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The annual Dave Williams Memorial Golf Day will be hosted on 23 September at Surrey National golf course. [Pictured: last year's winner Tej Dhindsa being presented with his award by Nick Wood]

Acadia onboards more than 1000 firms under UMR Phase 6
08 September 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Massachusetts-based risk vendor indicates that close to 900 firms are actively monitoring their regulatory IM exposure through Acadia’s IM Threshold Monitor and more than 200 firms are contracted to use its IM Exposure Manager tools

Tradeweb reports 16.7% rise YoY in repo ADV for August
08 September 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Repo average daily volumes traded on Tradeweb increased 16.7 per cent YoY for August, rising to US$369.6 billion

GLMX appoints Dan Long
08 September 2022 UK
Reporter: SFT

Former head of securities finance execution at AXA IM joins GLMX to guide growth and systems enhancements for its global securities lending business

Irwin leaves Northern Trust
07 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After almost three decades at financial services company Northern Trust, John Irwin has departed from his role as global head of trading for securities lending

Bruyns joins S&P Global Market Intelligence
07 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Dean Bruyns, former senior director of product management at Broadridge, has been appointed head of pre-sales at S&P Global Market Intelligence

Capco and AccessFintech partner for lifecycle management and benchmarking insights
07 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The partnership aims to improve workflow adoption speed and change management through joint engineering solutions

Trade associations appoint FINOS for CDM repository
07 September 202 US, UK, EU
Reporter: Klea Neza

The Fintech Open Source Foundation will provide a repository to foster the growth of an open-source community for the Common Domain Model, with hopes to migrate to FINOS by 2023