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ICMA achieves highest membership in a decade
02 April 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Pirum, Cantor Fitzgerald and Tradeweb are among the new joiners that have taken the association’s membership to just shy of 600

Hazeltree and HedgeLegal release UMR guide
02 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Hazeltree and HedgeLegal publish a guide for hedge fund and asset managers on UMR

Wematch platform gains tax ID exchange tool
01 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Wematch is enhancing its trade negotiation model with a new tax ID sharing tool for lenders

Broadridge: Friedhoff retires, Crowther steps up
01 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Broadridge has promoted its vice president of securities finance and collateral management to replace Jerry Friedhoff as general manager

US Fed to open temporary dollar repo facility for central banks
31 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US Federal Reserve to open a temporary repo facility in April to provide dollars to central banks

COVID-19 delays spread to MiFID II
31 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MiFID II has become the latest regulation to see its timetable undermined by the business disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

EU MMF Regulation reporting timetable amended
31 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ESMA has given money market fund managers more time to file their reports as the XML schema for reporting is not ready

IG Group to shake-up PB market with new consolidated services suite
31 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IG Group has set its sights on being the new challenger in the prime brokerage space with its newly-launched IG Prime services suite

SMPG steering committee re-elects Clearstream’s Armin Borries as chair
31 March 2020 Prague
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SMPG was created in July 1998 and since its launch has established a local presence in more than 30 countries through national market practice groups

The entire 2020 regulatory timetable may be compromised, says reg policy expert
30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With SFTR and CSDR on the horizon, 2020 was meant to be one of the busiest regulatory implementation years the securities finance industry had ever know. Those are now in tatters.

SimCorp appoints new service delivery manager
30 March 2020 Copenhagen
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SimCorp hires Robert De Wit as its new service manager

LCH RepoClear gains two new members
30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RBC has become the first Canadian bank to become a clearing member at LCH SA’s RepoClear service