News search | Securities Finance Times

Generic business image for news articles

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Group appoints Krunic
09 October 2026 UAE
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Alex Krunic joins the firm as chief capital markets officer, bringing over 25 years of international capital markets experience to the role

OCBC launches tokenised deposit solution with Ant International
09 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Theodore Law

In the initial phase, Ant International will be able to mobilise Singapore dollar and US dollar-denominated tokenised deposits on a 24/7 basis

ESMA seeks evidence on tokenised collateral for EU CCPs
09 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The European Securities and Markets Authority will examine how different tokenisation models would operate under central counterparties, particularly in the event of a clearing member default

HM Treasury appoints six lead managers for DIGIT pilot programme
09 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest, and RBC Capital Markets were chosen to support the government, following a “transparent and objective” procurement process

Velox Clearing chooses Sharegain to launch fully paid securities lending
09 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Sharegain’s end-to-end solution will enable Velox to extend FPSL programmes to its global broker-dealer, institutional, RIA, and family office clients

Equilend and Cboe Clear Europe partner on securities lending clearing activity
08 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

The service will enable market participants to access central clearing without the need to develop or maintain direct central counterparty connectivity

WISF selects three new global chairs
08 October 2026 Global
Reporter: Theodore Law

Harpreet Bains, Ina Budh-Raja, and Nancy Allen, will succeed Arianne M. Collette, Jill Rathgeber, and Elaina Kim Benfield

Clearstream appoints Southgate
08 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in London, John Southgate brings over 25 years of industry experience, including leadership roles at Citi, Northern Trust, Lehman Brothers, and Nomura

Broadridge’s DLR platform hits US$359bn ADV for September
08 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

According to the firm, the daily average increase demonstrates the continued scale of tokenised securities financing activity

Gentek.ai’s MCP now available with TS Imagine’s TSIQ
08 October 2026 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This development gives risk and compliance teams natural-language access to specialist regulatory intelligence, helping them understand reporting requirements, identify missing data, and address potential issues before submitting reports to regulato

Cboe Clear expands SFT clearing service to US equities
08 October 2026 The Netherlands
Reporter: Theodore Law

The service will initially support the clearing of SFTs for US equities in the Russell 3000 Index and the top 500 US-listed ETFs

BrokerTec EU repo ADNV climbs 25% YoY for September
07 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

BrokerTec’s overall average daily notional value for the month was US$1.135 trillion, up 18 per cent year-on-year