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Pierpoint welcomes Jeetoo to lead training arm
24 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Pierpoint Financial Consulting has expanded its learning and development capabilities for the securities finance sector by appointing Zafirah Jeeto

FIS appoints new senior sales executive
23 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

FIS appoints former regional manager of CloudMargin as senior sales executive

EU repo market performed under pressure, report shows
23 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

As the dust settles on the worst weeks of COVID-19 chaos so far, ICMA reviews how the EU repo market performed during high volatility

Canadian pension funds bank record returns in 2019
23 April 2020 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Canadian defined benefit pension plans recorded their second-highest annual return in more than a decade last year

Northern Trust returns to form with Q1 securities lending revenue boost
22 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Q1 marks Northern Trust's best quarter for securities lending revenue since 2018

ISLA to form new digital working group
22 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISLA is inviting member firms to join its new digital working group aimed at developing a CDM for securities lending and contributing to industry consultations

CSDR: ICMA vows to continue push for buy-in amendments, despite ESMA brush off
21 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association says is it not put off by Steven Maijoor's hardball stance and will not give up lobbying for radical changes to CSDR's settlement discipline regime

BlackRock sees bumper Q1 securities lending revenue
21 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The asset manager has chalked up its best Q1 earnings in several years, which contributed to its double-digit overall revenue growth

State Street’s securities finance business stumbles in Q1
21 April 2020 Boston
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US bank has failed to break $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time since 2014

ISDA releases initial margin survey results
20 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SDA’s new survey reveals 27 firms collected $183.7 billion of initial margin in 2019

BNY Mellon sees Q1 lending boost
20 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending revenue hit $46 million for Q1, up 15 percent from Q4 2019

COVID-19 has further exposed defective regulations, says ISLA CEO
20 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The CEO of the ISLA has called for post-financial crisis regulations that are currently damaging the very markets they are built to protect to be “revisited”