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Clear Street hires Bisgay as chief financial officer
03 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The New York-based firm has expanded its senior leadership team with Steve Bisgay as chief financial officer, Ursula Clay as chief compliance officer, and Brent Posner as chief operating officer

GLEIF and Open Ownership partnership advances LEI integration in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
27 September 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The goal of the collaboration is to promote greater transparency in corporate ownership and control in support of safer, faster, and more efficient global payment activities

ISDA Create available through S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Counterparty Manager
25 September 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and law firm Linklaters have announced an arrangement with S&P Global Market Intelligence enabling users to access and amend documentation on ISDA Create via S&P’s Counterparty Manager

Clear Street expands tech team with Daplyn and Godbole
20 September 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Former Morgan Stanley technology leader Jonathan Daplyn will lead Clear Street’s 150 technologists while Hari Godbole oversees technology for securities finance and clearing

BBH reshapes securities lending team with Sarah Holmes becoming global head
12 September 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

In a review of its senior lending team, BBH has promoted Holmes to global head of securities lending, Tom Poppey moves to head of securities lending product strategy and Robert Lees remains as global head of securities lending trading

Eurex’s Partnership Program welcomes more participants
12 September 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The initiative has been established to create a viable alternative to trade and clear euro-denominated STIR derivatives within the EU to offer liquidity across all fixed income derivatives and repo products

Global securities lending revenue up 8% YoY for August, reports DataLend
06 September 2023 US
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The global securities finance industry delivered US$945 million in lending revenue in August 2023, an 8 per cent increase year-on-year, according to DataLend

Bank of England steps up unwind of its asset purchase facility
04 September 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

With this announcement, the UK central bank will reduce the planned size of its final three gilt auctions scheduled for Q3 from £790 million to £650 million for each of the short, medium and long maturity auctions

LCH SA names Corentine Poilvet-Clédière as CEO
31 August 2023 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

Poilvet-Clédière will replace Christophe Hémon as chief executive of the Paris-based clearing house from 1 October, subject to necessary approvals, with Hémon stepping down after 19 years at the helm at SA

MarketAxess Holdings set to acquire trading technology provider Pragma
07 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MarketAxess Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire Pragma, a quantitative trading technology provider specialising in algorithmic and analytical services in equities, FX and fixed income

Global securities lending revenue up 1% YoY for July, reports DataLend
02 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The global securities finance industry delivered US$943 million in lending revenue in July 2023, a 1 per cent increase YoY, according to DataLend

South Street Securities to acquire GX2 Systems
02 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jamie Richards

South Street Securities is set to acquire all of GX2’s equity assets as well as its wholly-owned broker-dealer arm GX2 Spread Markets