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Digital Prime Technologies appoints Tabacchi to board
17 November 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Current president and CEO of South Street Securities Holdings, James Tabacchi, brings extensive experience in strategic leadership to Digital Prime Technologies’ board of directors

Transcend secures Citi investment
16 November 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The investment — which was made through Citi’s Strategic Investments arm — aims to accelerate the global deployment of enterprise-wide inventory optimisation solutions

UBS, SBI and DBS complete cross-border repo on public blockchain
15 November 2023 Japan, Singapore, Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The transaction settled a repo, digital bond purchase and redemption using regulated digital payment tokens across entities in Japan, Singapore and Switzerland

Financial Services Commission applies short selling ban in South Korea
06 November 2023 South Korea
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The ban will commence from 6 November 2023 until the end of June 2024, and will prohibit the short selling of all KOSPI, KOSDAQ and KONEX listed items

Global securities finance revenue drops 4% YoY for October, reports DataLend
02 November 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Securities lending revenues have contracted globally from US$780 million in October 2022 to US$751 million in October 2023, according to DataLend, driven by mixed performance across asset classes and regions

Barton to leave Nationwide amid restructure
01 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Terry Barton, head of short term funding and derivatives, will depart from Nationwide Building Society after nine years

Regnology shifts to 100% cloud delivery of regulatory and tax reporting solutions
31 October 2023 Frankfurt
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Frankfurt-based software provider aims to make the shift of its regulatory reporting solution suite in 2024

Hidden Road launches prime brokerage offering
25 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The offering will be run from Hidden Road Partners CIV UK, with front-end and matching technology provided by Crossover Markets

ESMA and EBA publish joint guidelines consultation paper
23 October 2023 Europe
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The European Banking Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority have released a consultation paper on two draft joint guidelines under the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation

HSBC facilitates first SBF trade for an offshore investor in the CIBM
10 October 2023 China
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has facilitated the first standardised bond forward trade for an offshore investor in the China Interbank Bond Market

eSecLending hires Reeder
06 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ben Reeder joins the firm from EquiLend and will serve as vice president of trading

Global securities finance revenue climbs 1% for Q3 2023, says DataLend
04 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

In September 2023, the industry generated US$767 million in revenue for lenders, representing a 6 per cent decrease from the previous year