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Global securities lending revenue up 15% YoY for May, reports DataLend
02 June 2023 US
Reporter: SFT

The global securities finance industry delivered US$1.06 billion in lending revenue in May 2023, a small rise on the US$1.05 billion in revenue generated for lenders during April 2023

Securities lending revenues highest in 5 years for Q1 2023, says EquiLend
01 June 2023 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Securities lending revenue for Q1 2023 was the highest generating quarter since 2018, according to Matthew Ross, associate director of EquiLend Data and Analytics Solutions

South Street Securities appoints Ferber and VedBrat to board
24 May 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Laurie Ferber and Supurna VedBrat bring extensive industry experience and strategic insights as new members of the board, further strengthening the company's leadership and its ongoing growth initiatives

Clear Street promotes Hurty to head capital introduction
24 May 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Blaine Hurty will head the firm’s capital introduction function after his instrumental work in building the business as a “significant value-add” for Clear Street clients

Broadridge announces new trades on intraday repo platform
23 May 2023 US
Reporter: SFT

DRW and Societe Generale become latest banks to trade on Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform, following first cross-border trades executed in April

Archegos and gilts crisis motivates tighter FCA scrutiny of non-bank financial intermediaries
22 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Prompt action is necessary to enhance reporting from NBFIs and to establish better data for monitoring leverage and risk concentrations, according to the UK financial regulator

Matrixport strikes partnership with Copper
16 May 2023 Singapore
Reporter: SFT

This collaboration will reinforce Matrixport’s prime brokerage solution by enabling institutional customers to keep their assets within Copper infrastructure while being able to trade on ClearLoop-linked exchanges via their Matrixport sub-accounts

Citi China claims first northbound trades through Swap Connect
15 May 2023 China, Hong Kong
Reporter: SFT

Citi indicates that it has executed the first tranche of northbound trades with offshore investors through Swap Connect, the trading link for interest rate swap contracts between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland

Global securities lending revenue jumps 27% YoY for April, says DataLend
04 May 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities finance industry generated US$1.05 billion in revenue for lenders in April 2023, a 27 per cent year-on-year increase from April 2022, DataLend reports

Deutsche Börse to table bid for Simcorp
27 April 2023 Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark
Reporter: Bob Currie

The German market infrastructure giant has entered into a binding agreement with Simcorp, through which it will make an cash offer for the buy-side technology company as part of development plans for its Investment Management Solutions segment

FCA provides LDI guidance to ensure 'lessons are learned’ from gilts market crisis
24 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Following the gilts market crisis in September 2022, the FCA has been engaging directly with firms involved in the management of LDI portfolios to develop and maintain increased resilience to deal with possible future volatility

Delta Capita enters DLT venture with Montis as anchor client
24 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global capital markets consulting, services and tech provider is set to launch a Distributed Ledger Services venture with the aim to build the next generation capital markets ecosystem