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SEC chair to testify at final GameStop hearing
04 May 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

This week’s hearing will be an opportunity for committee members to present their policy recommendations to the SEC for rule changes to mitigate the risks similar future events may pose to investors and market stability

South Korea short selling ban on major indices ends
04 May 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The country’s financial regulator has used the substantial length of time to curb illegal activity and boost protections, and opportunities, for retail investors who wish to participate in short selling

Cowen reveals record Q1 2021 financial results
30 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

“Our record results in the first quarter demonstrate that our business continues to perform at a high level,” says Cowen’s CEO

WeMatch releases a new sales to trader workflow tool
30 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The front office workflow tool provider says historically, “communication has been inadequate from an efficiency standpoint"

Former head of Hedge Fund Working Group warns change is coming
29 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Jonah Crane thinks the volatility and market stress of March 2020 means the revived Hedge Fund Working Group will be able to achieve what it could not in the past

Fidelity launches agency lending programme
28 April 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fidelity Agency Lending expands the proprietary programme to asset managers and other institutions, with a digital platform offering enhanced automation, AI-powered loan decision functionality and “unique benchmarking and transparency” functions

Canadian Pension Plans faced negative impacts from rising bond yields in Q1 2021, report finds
28 April 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust highlights that positive sentiment boosted equity markets as the global COVID-19 pandemic started to wane amid new vaccine approvals and progress on vaccination programmes

Natixis boosts Asia Pacific footprint with six new hires
28 April 2021 China
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The French financial services firm new appointments to its APAC global markets sales team will help to boost the firm’s securities finance business in the region

LJ Jhangiani moves from BMO to MUTB amidst agency lending deal
28 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Tech and trading expert LJ Jhangiani will bolster the Japanese banking group’s automated securities finance efforts

High court dismisses Denmark’s £1.5bn cum-ex case against Sanjay Shah
27 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A high court judge has dealt a “major blow” to tax fraud allegations by EU authorities against UK traders by dismissing the Danish tax agency's £1.5 billion dividend arbitrage case against Solo Capital founder Sanjay Shah

CloudMargin names Heraghty as DACH sales director
27 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Martin Heraghty arrives at CloudMargin after serving as sales director at Corvil, a real-time trading analytics and machine intelligence solution provider, for seven years

ICMA to open a representative office in Brussels
26 April 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISDA's Julia Rodkiewicz is joining ICMA as its first Brussels-based staff member in a new EU representative office set to open in May