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MUFG Securities EMEA board appoints new chair
01 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Marshall Bailey will replace William Fall, who will step down as chair in September after almost six years in the role

BrokerTec and TriOptima partner on buy-side repo workflow solution
01 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Raf Pritchard, head of triResolve, says that there is a lot of value in being able to cross-reference with other electronic records, such as that of BrokerTec, to improve reconciliation services

ICSF gains new global partners for PSSL adoption
29 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA’s council has added Norges Bank Investment Management to its member base and gained new partnerships with trade bodies and data providers

Securities finance trader joins Dutch Ministry of Finance
29 May 2020 Amsterdam
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Former ABN AMRO senior securities finance trader has left the industry to join the ministry of finance for The Netherlands

ISLA CEO calls on global regulators to revisit SFT reporting alignment
29 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Andrew Dyson notes that the “apparent lack of global coordination” means European firms may feel the high level of regulatory scrutiny “puts them at some sort of commercial disadvantage”

COVID crisis lays bare buy-in “catastrophe”
29 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CSDR's mandatory buy-in regime would have caused “catastrophic” market upheaval if it had been in place during the COVID-19 disruption, says ICMA

NSD receives authorisation to assign LEIs to market participants
28 May 2020 Moscow
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Russia's National Settlement Depository has become the countries first CSD to gain certification by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

Bloomberg and J.P. Morgan partner to enhance post-trade efficiency
28 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The offering is now live and in production with the first joint Bloomberg and J.P. Morgan’s Securities Services client and is being made available to other buy-side clients

Aberdeen Asset Management veterans invest in blockchain start-up
27 May 2020 Edinburgh
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The blockchain start-up, BTP, recent finalised an angel funding round led by Aberdeen Asset Management veterans Martin Gilbert and Andrew Laing

Citi raises $1m to support COVID-19 relief efforts
27 May 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has raised $1 million (USD) in an effort to support the UNDP to address COVID-19 challenges across the region.

ISLA publishes revised 2020 US tax addendum to GMSLA
27 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has published the revised 2020 US tax addendum to its GMSLA 2010, along with supporting guidance notes for members

PASLA/EY survey reveals growth of ESG in APAC securities lending
26 May 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA has revealed key findings of a new survey on ESG and securities lending in APAC