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BancTrust forms securities finance team
18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tanweer Khan, who has been involved in the securities finance industry for more than two decades, will spearhead the newly formed team at BancTrust Investment Bank

ESMA begins consultation on CCP resolution
18 November 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The EU securities markets regulator has today published six consultation papers relating to central counterparty resolution regimes. The consultation period will extend until mid-January, with final reports likely to be released by Q2 2022

MarketAxess extends emerging and frontier markets liquidity to Egypt, Hong Kong and Serbia
18 November 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

“Investors are increasing their exposure to emerging markets, including frontier markets, in the face of increased demand for yield, broader index inclusion and easing of pandemic-linked monetary policy,” says MarketAxess’ Kevin McPherson

ION appoints Robert Cioffi as global head of equities product management
18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Cioffi, former UBS Investment Bank executive director, brings 25 years of experience to the role which he will oversee at ION’s London office

Pirum launches Trade Risk Manager ahead of settlement discipline regime live date
18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Trade Risk Manager offers front-office risk management and workflow tools that help users to ready themselves for enactment of the CSDR settlement discipline regime (SDR) and to manage a wider set of post-trade risks

German banks execute real-time securities lending trade on blockchain
17 November 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

DekaBank and Metzler Bank finalise DvD securities lending transaction on DekaBank’s blockchain-based digital securities platform, reducing previous collateralisation and custody overheads according to trade participants

Acuiti: Sell-side needs investment and automation in derivatives reconciliation
17 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The most significant causes of inefficiencies in derivatives post-trade reconciliation are lack of data standardisation, outdated software, and fragmented data sources, according to a new report by market intelligence firm Acuiti

GMEX MultiHub launches Digital MultiHub for traditional and digital asset markets
17 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MultiHub is designed to address platform interoperability and time to market challenges as well as addressing the lack of standards still apparent across multiple blockchains and traditional infrastructure

Standard Chartered executes ESG ‘use of proceeds’ repo with Saudi National Bank
17 November 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Proceeds from this US$250 million repo transaction will be allocated towards several large renewable energy projects and green initiatives in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region

EquiLend, PASLA and RMA release 2021 Asia Pacific user guide
17 November 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: SFT

The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association and the Risk Management Association, working in collaboration with EquiLend, have released the latest version of their APAC Securities Lending Market user guide, covering 14 markets in the region

SPACs to be listed and traded in Switzerland
16 November 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies have been authorised for listing and trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange from 6 December

BNY Mellon unveils suite of new ESG Data Analytics for collateral management clients
15 November 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has launched a suite of new ESG Data Analytics for collateral management clients