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Gavin Beard one of several hires at Kaizen Reporting
19 August 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Kaizen Reporting announces five new hires with Gavin Beard, former FMO regulator lead at Standard Chartered, appointed to client relationship manager

Use IM obligations as driver for collateral efficiency, urges ISDA’s O’Malia
19 August 2021 Global
Reporter: SFT

Scott O’Malia, ISDA’s chief executive, has asked industry participants to use the final implementation phases of initial margin (IM) rules for non-cleared derivatives as an opportunity to sharpen their collateral management practices

Goldman Sachs to Acquire NN Investment Partners
19 August 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Goldman Sachs Group has announced it has entered into a €1.6billion agreement to acquire NN Investment Partners, a Netherlands-based asset manager

SEC settles with Toronto investment adviser Murchinson over short-selling violations
18 August 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The hedge fund adviser and two of its staff supplied inaccurate order information, causing executing brokers to breach uncovered short sale rules under Regulation SHO

EQONEX Group launches EQONEX Lending
18 August 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The platform enables exchange participants to view market rates being offered through an open order book which establishes market-competitive terms for collateralised transactions

TriOptima’s triResolve Margin connects to major tri-party agents through SWIFT
18 August 2021 Sweden
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

TriOptima, a Sweden-based infrastructure service, will now offer integration via SWIFT to BNY Mellon, Clearstream, Euroclear and JP Morgan

Deutsche Bank completes its first ESG-linked repo transaction
18 August 2021 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Deutsche Bank has completed its first global Environmental, Social, and Governance repurchase transaction with Turkey’s Akbank

CITIC CSLA first Chinese broker to execute through BNY Mellon’s Stock Connect
17 August 2021 Beijing
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Stock Connect service allows China A-Shares to be used as collateral

SEC and ECB sign agreement on supervision of security-based swap dealers
17 August 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

US securities market regulator and European Central Bank sign MoU to facilitate supervision of security-based swap entities and to assist cross-border inspection

REGIS-TR partners with Reg-X
17 August 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Reg-X is a provider of reporting and compliance solutions in the regulatory space, which includes regulatory reporting solutions, platforms and consulting services

BNY Mellon and SNB Capital begin global securities services in Saudi Arabia
17 August 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The merger will enable the partners to arrange and deliver such services to institutional and large asset owners based in the country

Ben Meaden promoted to Aviva Investors’ head of securities finance
17 August 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Meaden rises to securities finance head, following Mick Chadwick’s departure, with Caroline Hedges stepping up to global head of liquidity and securities finance in June