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Sharegain launches BetterLend
13 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Sharegain — who want to democratise the $2.5 trillion securities finance industry — says its new platform makes securities lending more ESG-compliant

New German green bond eligible in Eurex repo and clearing
13 May 2021 Germany
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The €6 billion 30-year green bond has spearheaded discussion of ESG in the repo market

Robert Zekraus starts new role heading up Pirum’s Americas business
12 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The banking veteran will lead the London-based reconciliation services’ firm’s activities in the Americas

Broadridge acquires Itiviti
12 May 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Itiviti will become part of Broadridge’s Global Technology and Operations segment and its senior management team, led by CEO Rob Mackay, will remain with the company to drive future growth

Pirum’s SFTR solution enables new counterpart communication function
12 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The communication add-on to Pirum and IHS Markit’s trade reconciliation, collateral and margin lending Joint SFTR solution will help UK and European trades run more smoothly

Laide Majiyagbe to head up BNY Mellon’s financing and liquidity division
11 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The newly created role will see Majiyagbe head up BNY Mellon’s strategic securities financing, collateral and short-term liquidity offering

EQT selects Hazeltree to modernise treasury infrastructure
11 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Hazeltree reduces liquidity and funding risks through securities financing and cash, collateral and counterparty management solutions

ISLA adds securities finance code to CDM
11 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The addition to the open source common domain model, which encodes transactions transparently, will allow for the recording of securities lending and transactions

SEC approves first US securities swap repository
11 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The US regulator — under new chair and market 'cop’ Gary Gensler — is utilising 2011’s Dodd-Frank to boost transparency in equity, credit, and interest rate derivatives asset classes

GameStop hearing III: Analysis
10 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Regulators promise to think about looking into tightening short selling rules

Bequant gains VFAA licences for exchange and prime brokerage
10 May 2021 Malta
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Bequant Exchange and Bequant Pro were incorporated in August 2018 in Malta, to take advantage of the digital assets framework that was introduced by the MFSA in 2019

Baton Systems integrates with LCH to enhance collateral workflow automation
10 May 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The addition of LCH will extend Baton’s network of CCPs that now includes several exchange operators