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Robinhood’s securities lending volume increased five-fold in 2020
25 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The no-fee trading app gained more than 3 million users in 2020, which led to Robinhood sitting on assets available to lend worth $4.63 trillion, held in customer margin accounts, as of December 2020

Two electronic broker representatives join OCC board
24 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The clearing organisation’s new board members expertise will shore up OCC's “resiliency and innovation”, its executive chairman says

Euro repo market in December down YoY, ICMA survey shows
24 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Data from the ICMA’s 40th annual survey of the European repo market reveals how an unusual year has shaped the market both in the short and long-term

Citi and Sharegain launch unique automated SBL solution for wealth managers
24 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new solution with Citi is designed to integrate with wealth managers’ existing IT infrastructure and provide a fully-digital user experience for underlying customers, from opting into the programme through to managing their lending

Thoma Bravo acquires Calypso
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Calypso’s technology allows its world-class customer base to navigate the highly complex and regulated capital markets with greater transparency and lower costs," says Thoma Bravo's Holden Spaht

Broadridge partners with AccessFintech
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In the current market environment, the process of resolving settlement failures is manual, which Broadridge explains leads to greater operational risk, inefficiency, a challenging user experience, and regulatory non-compliance under CSDR requirements

SLR exemptions will lapse, Fed says
23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The nation’s federal banking regulator is considering tweaking 2014’s supplementary leverage ratio

CSDR: there are yet to be changes in industry behaviour
23 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

While BNY Mellon's Martin Smith notes that the penalty regime is fairly understood, he highlights that there is a question mark over what is going to happen with the buy ins

Exclusive: Kayenta goes live
23 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A team of capital markets veterans including Matthew Peakman, Chris Hagstrom and Mark Toone are unveiling Kayenta, a fintech promising to bring efficiency to the hedge fund treasury functions with a focus on reducing the cost of financing

Broadridge expands European fund regulatory reporting capabilities
22 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The Broadridge and Virtu partnership will provide a solution for asset managers to disclose transaction costs as they fulfil MiFID II and PRIIPs fund reporting requirements

Three of Australia’s largest super funds stop lending
22 March 2021 Australia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Since the onset of COVID-19 last year, three of Australia’s top-five largest superannuation funds, representing more than AUS 400 billion in AuM, have closed or significantly curtailed their programmes due to anti-short selling sentiment

CSDR consultation responses show majority in favour of buy-ins becoming voluntary
19 March 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Responses from the consultation, which ran from 8 December last year to 1 February this year, also showed that 14 respondents requested the buy-in regime be retained while 26 either did not respond or were neutral