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DTCC’s Report Hub service grows to more than 70 firms
28 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The members of the hub include leading banks, major swap dealers, and some of the largest custodians, clearing houses and buy-side firms across the globe

Colendi acquires SETL
28 June 2022 UK Turkey
Reporter: Bob Currie

Turkish fintech Colendi has announced the purchase of London-headquartered enterprise blockchain specialist SETL, with plans to shorten the gap between permissioned enterprise blockchain and a secure public blockchain environment

ION launches FI EMS to simplify fixed income trading
27 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

FI EMS aims to ease challenges around selecting counterparties and sourcing liquidity by digitising the entire dealer-to-customer trading process

Canada Post Pension becomes GPFA member
27 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Global Peer Financing Association welcomes Canada Post Pension as its 25th buy-side beneficial owner member

Citi, J.P. Morgan and AccessFintech collaboration achieves operational efficiencies
27 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A continuous access to enriched and linked real-time data resulted in a 30 per cent reduction in trade fails, according to AccessFintech

Cion Digital appoints Sundar Nagarathnam as chief operating officer
27 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Blockchain orchestration platform Cion Digital has appointed Sundar Nagarathnam as chief operating officer

CACEIS picks Taurus’ solution to enhance digital asset offering
27 June 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

CACEIS has selected Taurus’ solution to enhance its digital asset offering with services that meet clients’ growing demand

CME Group welcomes Dagha as senior director
27 June 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Altaz Dagha joins the firm as senior director of BrokerTec, where he will focus on US treasuries client relationship management

BIS establishes Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement with People’s Bank of China
27 June 2022 APAC
Reporter: Bob Currie

The RMBLA will provide liquidity support through a reserve pooling scheme, whereby participating central banks will contribute a minimum of RMB 15 billion, and will have access to funds from this pool and via a collateralised liquidity window

FINRA fines National Securities Corporation for Reg SHO breaches and other failings
24 June 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

NSC has been instructed to pay approximately US$9 million in fines for a sequence of violations which includes attempting to influence the IPO aftermarket and for failing to obtain locates for short sale transactions under Regulation SHO

Mark Gem retained as ECSDA chair as association elects its new board
24 June 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Central Depositories Association has voted in Guillaume Eliet and Indars Aščuks as its vice-chairs for a three-year term, with Georg Zinner becoming treasurer

Citi appoints Joe Bonanno to Securities Services team
24 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has appointed Joe Bonanno as global head of data, digital and innovation for Securities Services