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Morgan Stanley hires Brian Leung
14 January 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Leung joins Morgan Stanley as sales manager of its Bank Resource Management business after leaving Deutsche Bank last month

Citi establishes clearing and settlement facility for Beijing Stock Exchange
14 January 2022 China
Reporter: Bob Currie

NEEQ-owned Beijing Stock Exchange will specialise in innovation-oriented SME stocks, with many companies currently trading on NEEQ expected to migrate to the new exchange

Fredrik Carstens joins ISLA as public affairs advisor
13 January 2022 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Carstens brings more than 30 years of financial markets experience to the role, working both in trading and in senior sales positions in the securities lending industry

BIS, SIX and Swiss central bank complete CBDC settlement with commercial banks in test environment
13 January 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Project Helvetia aims to prepare for a financial future where financial assets are tokenised and financial infrastructures run on distributed ledger technology with linkage to existing core banking systems

DeFinity records first live cash FX trade to permissionless layer-1 blockchain
12 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The willingness of counterparties to report transactions on a permissionless blockchain demonstrates that the market is ready to lift the veil around some traditional FX market friction points, DeFinity claims

Clearstream’s GSF business grows in December
12 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: SFT

Global Securities Financing (GSF) business expanded by 11% YoY to €567.0 billion volume outstanding during December, with assets under custody in Clearstream rising to €16.9 trillion

Standard Chartered Hong Kong to acquire RBC Investor Services Hong Kong
12 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) is to acquire RBC Investor Services Trust Hong Kong Limited, subject to regulatory approval

Acadia and Transcend form Collateral Validation Service
12 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will help to mitigate UMR challenges for buy-side and broker-dealers as they face a growing volume of margin activity, says Transcend

Michael Maddox joins AccessFintech
11 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

AccessFintech has appointed Michael Maddox as global account manager

ISLA responds to SEC 10c-1, reflecting on SFTR experience
11 January 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The International Securities Lending Association’s response to the SEC 10c-1 consultation comments on reporting timeframes, issues of scope and extraterritoriality, along with the value of a consensus-derived market data standard

Templeton appointed global head of securities finance sales at BNY Mellon
11 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Templeton brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, having previously spent the past two decades at BNY Mellon as head of financial institutions and intermediaries

ISLA adopts PASLA annexes to the GMSLA
10 January 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The new arrangement will facilitate the development of future annexes and addendums identified as requisites for securities lending activity in Asia Pacific markets