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Standard Chartered fixed income brokerage set for ‘greater growth’
10 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered’s new fixed income prime brokerage offering, connected to its own custody and repo financing capabilities, has proven popular with hedge funds, according to Andy Sterry, co-head of prime services at Standard Chartered

State Street launches managed peer-to-peer securities finance platform
London 10 October 2019
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Direct Access Lending platform currently hosts five lenders and will soon have a second borrower

CMF: Initial margin challenges loom large, survey shows
10 October 2019 Amsterdam
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The biggest single challenge associated with initial margin is document negotiation, a survey at the Fleming Collateral Management Forum revealed

IHS Markit continues SFTR team growth
10 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit’s SFTR recruitment drive has continued with two more senior appointments

Clock ticking for Natixis to appeal €3 million fine
09 October 2019 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Natixis has not ruled out appealing a €3 million fine related to failures to share information to its securities finance clients

US IPOs bring “eye-popping” equity borrow fees in Q3
08 October 2019 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The boost in specials-related lending revenue helped deliver $924 million in Q3 US equity returns, the most for any quarter since Q3 2008’s $1.1 billion record, according to IHS Markit's quarterly report

Day returns to IHS Markit SFTR team
08 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit has regained its former SFTR director

BNY Mellon to add ETFs to agency lending collateral list
07 October 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNY Mellon to introduce ETFs to its collateral lists in response to increased client acceptance of the funds and as an antidote to market liquidity concerns

Finastra recruits two from S3 Partners
07 October 2019 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Two directors at S3 Partners have moved to Finastra

RMA forms new fintech group with BNY Mellon and State Street co-chairs
04 October 2019 Philadelphia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The committee will be co-chaired by BNY Mellon’s Charles Post at Nickolas Delikaris of State Street

Nomura picks IHS Markit’s Collateral Manager
04 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nomura has traded-in its outsourced collateral management provider for IHS Markit’s collateral solution

TMX Group bolsters its collateral team
03 October 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Steve Everett makes the move to Toronto from South Africa for his new role at TMX Group