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MarketAxess appoints Nash Panchal as chief information officer
01 February 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Panchal will succeed Nick Themelis, who is set to retire after 16 years as chief information officer at MarketAxess

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Glen joins HQLA^X as Solutions Architect
01 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Luxembourg-based financial technology specialist HQLA^X has appointed Richard Glen as lead Solutions Architect in its newly-opened London office

Numis extends partnership with Torstone Technology to prepare for CSDR
01 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Numis, a UK-based investment bank and corporate adviser, has extended its partnership with Torstone Technology to manage its obligations under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation

EquiLend reports a record year for securities lending
01 February 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

US-based financial technology specialist reports a record year for its securities finance trading activities, generating its highest annual trading volumes in a number of categories and double-digit growth in all regions apart from APAC

Pirum upgrades service to support CSDR claims
01 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Pirum’s Claims Manager service will support the centralised issuing, tracking and payment of CSDR claims on a real-time basis for all counterparties

Global PSSL welcomes Dutch regulator as observer
31 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets will have regular access to some Global PSSL meetings and roundtables

Oliver Madden joins BCB Group
31 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BCB Group has appointed Oliver Madden as senior client relationship manager

LuxSE admits digital securities tokens onto official list
31 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

The series of tokens to be admitted on to Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Securities Official List are digital covered bonds and structured products issued by Societe Generale - FORGE, the French financial services group’s digital division

GraniteShares sees trading surge in Short ETPs
31 January 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The ETP provider offers a number of Short ETPs, which are designed to rise in value when the underlying stock or index falls, are seeing a rise in interest as investors seek to hedge portfolios against falling security prices

Eurex Clearing offers cross-margining of swaps and futures to buy side
27 January 2022 Germany
Reporter: SFT

The Deutsche Börse-owned clearing entity confirms that Societe Generale and BNP Paribas are now offering cross-product margining services to clients and that the first large, multi-strategy hedge fund is now using of this facility

ESMA launches consultation on anti-procyclicality margin measures for CCPs
27 January 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator says that the COVID-19 crisis, which provided a live test of CCPs’ operational resilience, has prompted a review of its anti-procyclicality tools and its supervisory framework for central clearing

IHS Markit partners with METACO to manage digital assets alongside traditional assets
27 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IHS Markit has partnered with METACO, a provider of security software, to provide a single multi-asset platform for financial institutions to manage digital assets alongside traditional assets