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Hedge funds negotiate inflation uncertainty to deliver strong December
10 January 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Hedge funds ended 2021 with a strong December performance, led by high-beta strategies in equity hedge, event-driven and commodities, according to Chicago-based index and research specialist Hedge Fund Research

Kapiteijn back in securities finance with CME Group
10 January 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Danny Kapiteijn will join CME Group as manager of BrokerTec Products after leaving the securities finance sector in 2020

VERMEG partners with Cassini Systems to aid IM requirements
06 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will aid financial institutions with uncleared over-the-counter derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives and prime brokerage

BrokerTec reports rise in US and European repo activity during December
06 January 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

CME-owned fixed income and repo trading platform reports 31 per cent YoY rise in average daily notional value for US repo and 1 per cent rise for European repo in December

Michael Daly leaves BBH
06 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Entering the US investment services specialist in 2008, Daly leaves his position as securities lending relationship manager after 13 years

Tradeweb reports December rise in global repo activity
05 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume on Tradeweb climbed 3.1 per cent YoY for December to US$314.0 billion. The total trading volume for December 2021 was US$20.0 trillion across electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets

BMO Capital Markets expands with senior hires
05 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Thomas Guagliardo and Robert Luzzo have joined BMO Capital Markets as managing directors to build the firm’s US prime brokerage business

OCC securities lending average daily loan value hits new high during December
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

Securities lending average daily loan value reaches new record US$147.7 billion during December, with US listed options cleared volume also reaching highest December levels on record

Global lending securities revenue up 21% for 2021, says DataLend
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities lending industry generated US$9.28 billion in revenue for lenders in 2021, according to DataLend

Michael Maddox leaves FIS
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The former senior sales executive spent eight years at FIS before announcing his departure

SKDD-CCP offers central clearing in Croatian market
04 January 2022 Croatia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Zagreb-based clearing entity becomes the fourteenth licensed to provide central counterparty services in the EU

South Street Securities Funding completes $90m private placement
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The proceeds of the fixed rate senior notes will be used to refinance existing debt and provide expansion capital to South Street Securities Funding’s broker-dealer subsidiary