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Global banks trial Finteum intraday repo and FX swap platform
14 June 2022 London
Reporter: Bob Currie

BNY Mellon, Barclays, Citi and NatWest Group are among 14 banks that have tested simulated intraday repo and intraday FX swap trades on the platform built by the London-based fintech, which is expected to launch in 2023

KOR completes Series A investment round and expands leadership team
14 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tom Wieczorek will join the firm as chief product officer, and John Burchenal is appointed director of partnerships and industry relations

Euronext acquires Nexi technology businesses
14 June 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Euronext and Nexi have signed the sale and purchase of the technology businesses currently powering MTS, Euronext’s fixed-income trading platform, and Euronext Securities Milan

IM collected by Phase 1 firms against uncleared derivatives up 38% YoY, says BIS survey
13 June 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Data from the most recent BIS OTC derivatives survey finds that initial margin posted by firms to leading CCPs contracted 2.2% YoY to US$323.4 billion at year-end 2021

Standard Chartered appoints Simon Kellaway as global head of sales, financing and sec services
13 June 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered has appointed Simon Kellaway as global head of sales, financing and securities services

Bosonic forms cross-custodian net settlement working group
10 June 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Decentralised financial market infrastructure Bosonic has launched the Bosonic Cross-Custodian Net Settlement Working Group, which includes a global network of digital asset custodians, exchanges and banks

StoneX Group expands digital asset offering with StoneX Digital
10 June 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

StoneX Group has launched StoneX Digital LLC as a subsidiary devoted to providing institutional clients with access to a range of products and services for digital assets

ESMA postpones CSDR buy-in regime
09 June 2022 EU
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Market participants have conveyed concerns over “serious difficulties” to implement the mandatory buy-in regime on the scheduled date

Charles River Development appoints Thomas Fiorentino
09 June 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Charles River Development has promoted Thomas Fiorentino from assistant vice president of investment management to relationship manager

PASLA hunts for first CEO
08 June 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The chosen candidate will lead the association, establish and implement the engagement strategy with key stakeholders

DTCC outlines new resilience principles amid “increasingly complex technology landscape”
08 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In a new white paper, The Power of Technology Resilience: A Framework for the Industry, DTCC details four resilience principles that it says should be considered during the development of all software, services, and components

Societe Generale selects FIS for technology transition
08 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Societe Generale will transition its existing derivatives clearing and settlement IT environment to FIS Cleared Derivatives Suite