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OCC promotes Devpura
07 April 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Harsh Devpura moves into the role having been with the firm for more than nine years, most recently working as principal and product owner of Securities Finance

Four new members added to DTCC’s board of directors
02 April 2026 US, UK, Hong Kong
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Roland Chai, Massimiliano Ciardi, Stephen Hood, and Georges Lauchard will serve on the board, which plays a key role in overseeing the strategic direction of DTCC, works closely with the firm's leadership, and advises on various topics

Central Tanshi joins Securities Finance Association
02 April 2026 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm has served as an intermediary in the Japanese money market for more than 100 years since its establishment in 1909

Harrison departs EquiLend
01 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Matthew Harrison has left his position as head of innovation, having been with the firm for nine months

Three French banks go live on CLS’s CCS service
01 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The CCS service can be used in conjunction with the post-trade processing platform OSTTRA MarkitWire to integrate CCS flows into CLSSettlement

SEC issues interpretive relief on Rule 15c3-3
31 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

In the new exemptive order, the SEC allows broker-dealers to pledge baskets of liquid equity securities as collateral when borrowing equity securities from customers under a ‘fully-paid borrow’

DTCC launches DTCC Digital Assets Solutions
31 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s new offering will be responsible for developing and driving DTCC’s strategy to tokenise DTC custodied assets

Deutsche Bank welcomes Echague
31 March 2026 UAE
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Rocio Echague brings over two decades of experience in securities services across multiple markets, most recently at HSBC Bank Middle East

Turkey extends short selling ban
31 March 2026 Turkey
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The CMB says the original ban was imposed on 15 March 2026 to ensure the functioning of capital markets in a reliable, transparent, and stable environment

ISDA selects Gentek AI to develop a transparency tool
31 March 2026 UK, Hong Kong
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The traceability tool will allow users to look back at the history of DRR decision-making and pinpoint when and why coding choices were made, providing a full audit trail of Digital Regulatory Reporting development

Broadridge joins ASIFMA
30 March 2026 Asia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

As a member of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Broadridge joins more than 150 other firms

FCA fines Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited
30 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The fine was imposed following the bank’s failure to put in place effective systems and controls to detect and report suspicious trading in its contracts for difference business