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CSDR’s buy-in rules will hinder, not help the market, survey shows
28 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fundamental flaws in CSDR’s buy-in rules mean it will damage market liquidity while failing to improve efficiency, says ICMA report

SGX adds variable rates to securities lending programme
27 November 2019 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Singapore Exchange aims to stimulate its securities lending programme with the introduction of variable rates from 2 December

Exane expands US securities lending service
27 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Investment firm Exane has set its sights on expanding its securities finance and collateral management offerings with three new hires

MarketAxess makes first repo trade between Citadel and J.P. Morgan
26 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Electronic trading platform and market data provider MarketAxess has facilitated its first US repo trade through its automated confirmation engine between J.P. Morgan and Citadel

Pirum Systems grows SFTR team, again
25 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum has brought on four more industry heavyweights to bolster its joint SFTR solution with IHS Markit ahead of the regulation's April 2020 go-live

Clearstream to offer post trade services to DekaBank
25 November 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream is set to offer post-trade services to DekaBank, including settlement, custody and asset servicing

BME adds EU sovereign bonds to clearing service
22 November 2019 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BME Clearing, the spanish CCP, will leverage its network established by Iberclear with central securities depositories across Europe to expand clearing to repo trades executed by its members on sovereign debt

Euroclear to defy Brexit uncertainty and invest in the UK
21 November 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Euroclear’s global securities finance chief reinforced the group’s unwavering commitment to its UK presence and outlined plans to invest in the UK regardless of the outcome of Brexit

Stonewain gains Valentino
21 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Stonewain Systems has welcomed Chris Valentino from Trading Apps to work as a specialist working across all its products and services

OpenGamma to provide derivatives optimisation in Denmark
20 November 2019 Denmark
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Two of Danish pension and social security providers have appointed OpenGamma to provide cleared and uncleared derivatives analytics

EquiLend sets sights on automating swaps market
20 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EquiLend will be launching a new technology solution, Swaptimization, in December for the US market, which is set to automate the total return swaps market

ABN AMRO selects UnaVista for SFTR and MiFID II reporting services
19 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ABN AMRO has selected UnaVista as its regulatory reporting platform for SFTR and MiFID II