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State Street announces first trades through P2P repo platform
20 October 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Peer-to-peer repo programme supports overnight and term repo trades between participating buy-side firms, with State Street offering guarantee for trades that meet programme requirements

State Street reveals new head of Australia and head of Singapore and South Asia
20 October 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tim Helyar is appointed head of Australia and Kevin Hardy as head of Singapore and Southeast Asia for State Street

BoE begins CCP supervisory stress test
20 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

UK central bank will model credit and liquidity resilience of UK-registered CCPs under stress conditions, alongside impact on wider financial system

FSB installs Andrew Bailey as SRC chair
19 October 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Bank of England governor becomes chair of the Financial Stability Board's supervisory and regulatory cooperation standing committee, with Saudi central bank governor and FDIC chair also becoming committee heads

AFME calls for review of capital buffer framework after COVID-19 crisis
19 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe is investigating the implications of the pandemic for the Basel capital buffer framework and the hesitancy from banks to draw on their capital buffers during COVID-19

Exclusive: Kevin McNulty joins EquiLend in consultancy role
19 October 2021 London
Reporter: Bob Currie

Former ISLA chief executive and head of securities lending at BGI Europe will join EquiLend Europe Ltd from 21 October

HSBC appoints Matt Bowen as head of securities financing
18 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Based in New York, Matt Bowen will report to Loic Lebrun, global head of prime finance, and Jean-Michel Meyer, global head of repo

CASLA elects president and vice president to its board of directors
18 October 2021 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Mary Jane Schuessler and Roanna Kim volunteer as president and vice president of the Canadian Securities Lending Association board of directors

Ivan Gilmore is appointed LCH head of cash equities
18 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ivan Gilmore will be responsible for the development and management of LCH Ltd and SA, overseeing the clearing of cash equities products and leadership of the services

Goldman Sachs takes full ownership of China joint venture
18 October 2021 China
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The US investment bank becomes the second foreign financial institution to take full ownership of its joint venture in China after J.P. Morgan Chase was granted approval in August

Aon names new securities lending practice lead
18 October 2021 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Aon has appointed Tom Daniels as practice lead for securities lending and asset management consulting within its custody advisory services group

LCH includes SGD government securities and cash as eligible collateral
18 October 2021 Asia-Pacific
Reporter: Bob Currie

Widening of collateral eligibility follows 24-hour opening at SwapClear as part of steps to improve clearing access for Asia-Pacific clients