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Pakistan securities regulator issues green bond guidance
21 June 2021 Pakistan
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan says green bonds will help initiate sustainable projects in the fight against climate change as well as giving issuers of debt securities the opportunity to diversify their sources of financing

BNY Mellon’s Mark Militello joins ASIFMA board
18 June 2021 Japan
Reporter: Alex Pugh

ASIFMA’s board of directors — the association’s governing body — is composed of 28 senior representatives from member firms, including BlackRock, Bank of America and BNP Paribas

Fintech S3 debuts stock squeeze risk score on Bloomberg Terminal
18 June 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

S3 Squeeze will allow clients to determine whether stocks are at risk of a potential short squeeze and will help risk managers to incorporate new risk factors into their investment processes

ICSD Clearstream partners with Saudi securities registry to streamline access to vast capital market
17 June 2021 Saudia Arabia
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Eligible clients now have access to the Middle Eastern country’s Islamic and corporate bond market and listed ETFs thanks to an indirect linkage established via HSBC Saudi Arabia acting as local custodian for Clearstream

FIS announces series of AI-driven risk products through partnership with C3 AI
17 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

AML Compliance Hub is first off production line following agreement between the two companies

ESMA releases 2020 Annual Report
16 June 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator reflects on its work during 2020 and actions relating to supervisory convergence, Single Rulebook and oversight of financial infrastructure

Diginex and EQUOS rebrand as EQONEX
16 June 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EQUOS will be known as EQONEX and Diginex Capital, the digital asset securitisation business will be rebranded to EQONEX Capital

Alan McIntyre joins Kaizen in regulatory reporting role
16 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

McIntyre’s DTCC Global Trade Repository expertise will support Kaizen’s clients with their trade repository services, derivatives and securities financing transactions requirements

BlackRock links with Cassini to enhance margin analytics on Aladdin
16 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Strategic partnership will deliver wider derivatives margining and collateral analytics to Aladdin users from September

LSE’s Michael Findlay to chair FCA markets panel
15 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The UK regulator’s Markets Practitioner Panel provides external and independent input to the FCA from the point of view of financial market participants

ISDA releases new digital documentation platform
15 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration between Kinetix and Linklater>Nakhoda powers digital documentation repository

Naïm Abou-Jaoudé elected as EFAMA president
15 June 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Abou-Jaoudé is the CEO of CANDRIAM, a position he has held since 2007. He also serves as chairman of New York Live Investments International