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Trade associations call for EC equivalence extension for UK CCPs
17 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ISDA and eight other trade associations have sent a letter to EC commissioner Mairead McGuiness, requesting that the EC extend its equivalence decision for UK CCPs

Columbo exchange launches repo platform for corporate bonds
16 September 2021 Sri Lanka
Reporter: Bob Currie

Sri Lankan execution venue goes live with OTC trading platform to support repo transactions on corporate debt securities.

Matrix Applications launch DV Securities on QTIX platform
16 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The QTIX platform is a securities finance solution for brokers, dealers, asset managers and banks in fixed income capital markets

SEC pays out more than US$1 billion to whistleblowers over past decade
16 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The assistance that whistleblowers provide is crucial to the SEC’s ability to enforce the rules of the road for our capital markets, says Commission chair Gary Gensler

OCC adds senior representatives from Cboe and ABM AMRO Clearing to its board
16 September 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago’s Mike Nowak and Cboe Global Markets’ Rob Hocking join OCC’s board of directors

SSSHI appoints Karsten Berlage as CFO
16 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

South Street Securities Holdings announce the appointment of Karsten Berlage as chief financial officer

Tech provider Talos adds product design leader
15 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Institutional-grade technology provider for digital asset trading Talos has appointed Ant Ludlow as head of product design

Hazeltree and IHS Markit partner on treasury and portfolio solution
15 September 2021 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Treasury management and portfolio finance solutions provider Hazeltree has partnered with IHS Markit to provide clients with an integrated treasury and portfolio finance solution, facilitated by the latter’s securities finance dataset

DTCC’s Project Ion advances into development phase
15 September 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Project Ion has demonstrated that settlement in a T+1 or T+0 environment are effective use cases for DLT, and we look forward to working with our clients and the industry to launch the new platform," says Murray Pozmanter

J.P. Morgan hires Ryoji Kanazawa
15 September 2021 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ryoji Kanazawa, former service director, lead manager at BNY Mellon, is appointed to the platform sales, collateral services team at J.P. Morgan

Fund Recs automates connectivity with DTCC’s GTR service
15 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DTCC has partnered with Fund Recs to deliver new automated reconciliation capabilities in support of EMIR and SFTR trade reporting requirements

Goldman Sachs names Denis Coleman as chief financial officer
15 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Denis Coleman will take on the position of chief financial officer at Goldman Sachs, with Stephen Scherr retiring from the firm after three decades of service