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Nick Barnes leaves Eurex for Pirum
30 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Pirum says the appointment will allow it to meet the growth in demand seen across its full suite of front-office and post trade services

Securities Finance Technology Symposium countdown begins
29 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Registration for the Securities Finance Technology Symposium is now open, ahead of the 6 May full-day online event

Saudi Arabia finalises new SBL and short selling rules
29 March 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Tadawul and Edaa have signed-off the country’s new securities lending and short selling rules framework following the public consultation last year, with several restrictions on on-lending and market participation scrapped

Broadridge acquires Itiviti to strengthen its capital markets capabilities
29 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Joining Broadridge represents an exciting next chapter for our business and team by creating a leading front-to-back capital markets technology and operations provider,” says Itiviti’s CEO Rob Mackay

ESMA launches MMF consultation to review 2020 market stress
26 March 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Following the COVID-19 market stress experienced by money markets in March 2020, the EU regulator is considering four wide-ranging proposals for rule changes to shore-up liquidity buffers and transparency

Robinhood’s securities lending volume increased five-fold in 2020
25 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The no-fee trading app gained more than 3 million users in 2020, which led to Robinhood sitting on assets available to lend worth $4.63 trillion, held in customer margin accounts, as of December 2020

Two electronic broker representatives join OCC board
24 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The clearing organisation’s new board members expertise will shore up OCC's “resiliency and innovation”, its executive chairman says

Euro repo market in December down YoY, ICMA survey shows
24 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Data from the ICMA’s 40th annual survey of the European repo market reveals how an unusual year has shaped the market both in the short and long-term

Citi and Sharegain launch unique automated SBL solution for wealth managers
24 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new solution with Citi is designed to integrate with wealth managers’ existing IT infrastructure and provide a fully-digital user experience for underlying customers, from opting into the programme through to managing their lending

Thoma Bravo acquires Calypso
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Calypso’s technology allows its world-class customer base to navigate the highly complex and regulated capital markets with greater transparency and lower costs," says Thoma Bravo's Holden Spaht

Broadridge partners with AccessFintech
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In the current market environment, the process of resolving settlement failures is manual, which Broadridge explains leads to greater operational risk, inefficiency, a challenging user experience, and regulatory non-compliance under CSDR requirements

SLR exemptions will lapse, Fed says
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The nation’s federal banking regulator is considering tweaking 2014’s supplementary leverage ratio