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ISLA secures Shone as full-time technology director
08 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

David Shone joined ISLA as a contract consultant in 2020 with responsibility for the ongoing development of the CDM, production of a clause library and taxonomy for the GMSLA and the ongoing digital transformation of the market

ESG ETF assets surged three-fold in 2020
08 January 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The lack of securities lending programmes by ESG ETF is set to become a key battleground in 2021 with global AUM nearly tripling last year as launches proliferate, and performance skyrockets

Elad Roisman named acting chairman of US SEC
07 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Outgoing US president Donald Trump has designated Elad Roisman as acting chairman of US Securities and Exchange Commission following the departure of Jay Clayton in December

IHS Markit enhances securities finance data and analytics platform
06 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The new functionality includes a unique tool that offers daily analytical reports that can complement a firm’s approach to best execution and daily disclosure data on short positions from China

OCC achieves record breaking 2020
06 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

An uptick in securities lending activity contributed to December becoming the highest volume month in OCC’s history, up 80.9 percent YoY

Deutsche Bank joins ranks of custodians offering securities lending via QFII scheme
05 January 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Deutsche Bank has facilitated its first margin trading and securities lending transaction for a client under China’s expanded Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors

CACEIS appoints new securities finance trader
05 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CACEIS has promoted Sofian Mezrag to trader in securities finance

Senior State Street securities finance exec takes COO tech role
05 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street’s former head of technology for securities finance Frank D'Agnese has stepped up to oversee the bank’s global technology operations

Broadridge-SLIB unveil EU SRD II solution
05 January 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The collaboration seeks to modernise the “heavily manual process” of navigating corporate actions with a fully automated cross-border proxy voting solution covering European shareholder meetings

Standard Chartered (China) supports first securities lending deal via QFII
04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered assisted with the deal on the first day of the QFII rules changed to allow securities lending in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets in November 2020

Global securities finance revenue fell 7%, says IHS Markit
04 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit has reported that global securities finance revenue in 2020 was $9.3 billion, a 7 percent year-on-year decline

REGIS-TR UK begins post-Brexit reporting
04 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

REGIS-TR UK has started reporting under the on-shored version of EMIR following the conclusion of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020