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Wematch welcomes Craig Walker to securities financing team
30 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Walker has joined Wematch’s securities financing team from Credit Suisse as senior sales executive

FIA Tech joins FIA Tech Databank Network
30 May 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Technology provider FIA Tech has joined the FIA Tech Databank Network, an initiative to bring together independent software vendors, exchanges, clearing houses and other data providers into an interoperable global network

Mauer joins S&P Global
30 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

William Mauer, former employee of BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon and Morgan Stanley, has joined the firm as director of sales business development

OSTTRA hires Taylor to head repo team
30 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Neil Taylor joins OSTTRA from Morgan Stanley and will head the firm’s repo business development team

SEC proposes amendments to rules concerning funds incorporation of ESG factors
27 May 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to rules and reporting forms to promote consistent, comparable, and reliable information for investors concerning funds’ and advisers’ incorporation of ESG factors

Bosonic launches clearing and settlement solution for digital assets
27 May 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Blockchain network Bosonic has launched Bosonic Enterprise Solutions, a clearing and settlement capability for digital assets

BNY Mellon insurance subsidiaries receive affirmed ratings
27 May 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

A.M. Best, a rating agency of alternative risk transfer entities, has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a+’ (Excellent) for two BNY Mellon subsidiary insurance companies

Reporting entities launch APARMA association
27 May 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Six of the industry’s leading institutions have launched the Approved Publication Arrangements and Approved Reporting Mechanisms association, to be more commonly known as APARMA

J.P. Morgan processes transaction settlement using tokenised MMFs as collateral
26 May 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Developed jointly by J.P. Morgan Collateral Services and Onyx, the transaction utilises a new blockchain-based application, the Tokenised Collateral Network. J.P. Morgan now plans to extend the model to tokenised equities, FI and other assets

Swedish regulator fines Nordnet for intraday short selling violations
26 May 2022 Sweden
Reporter: Bob Currie

Finansinspektionen has fined online banking provider Nordnet for failing to meet to its terms of service relating to intraday short selling, including deficiencies in its risk management policies and failing in its duty of care to customers

LiquidityBook appoints Jonathan Cross to head EMEA team
26 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LiquidityBook has appointed Jonathan Cross as general manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa

ICMA releases report on digitising repo market legal documentation
25 May 2022 Global
Reporter: Bob Currie

The report, issued in collaboration with D2 Legal Technology, evaluates work done on the GMRA Clause Library and Taxonomy and outlines the next stages of the project