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Eurex Lending CCP to close
11 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alongside unsustainable volumes on the Lending CCP, Eurex has cited external hurdles including new regulations, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic as driving down clearing adoption on the priority lists of potential clients

Euronext reports exceptional surge on its post trade revenue
11 February 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Higher clearing revenue and consolidation of Danish CSD VP Securities drove a 69.1 per cent increase in post trade revenue

Northern Trust makes investment in Equity Data Science
10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In return for its investment, Northern Trust will integrate EDS’s decision support tools into its technology platforms to provide specialised and innovative solutions to institutional investors

Ample IPOs should drive bumper revenue in 2021, says Northern Trust
10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

In a recent Northern Trust webinar, the bank's head of North American equity securities lending trading predicted that a surplus of capital and the pent-up IPO and M&A pipeline from 2020 will bring a flurry arbitrage opportunities

China may become one of the biggest securities lending markets, says PASLA
10 February 2021 China
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA and major custodians predict China will see radical growth in its securities finance markets once international investors get comfortable on the mainland

Clearstream welcomes new head of treasury
09 February 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Federico Becerra will be responsible for the treasury front office management in Luxembourg and Singapore

Cum-ex suspect put on Interpol 'most wanted' list
09 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Europol and Interpol today issued red notices for former-HypoVereinsbank employee Paul Mora in a bid to force him to face tax fraud charges in Germany

DNB to leverage Trading Apps securities finance solution
09 February 2021 Norwary
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norway’s largest financial services group DNB has signed on to use Trading Apps' full front-end software to enhance its securities finance capabilities

Clearstream and Eurex target enhanced repo netting capabilities
08 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Deutsche Boerse subsidiaries aim to tackle the “substantial balance sheet consumption from repo trading” that continues to constrain banks and broker-dealers and limits their ability to provide liquidity

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR
08 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing

South Korea to introduce securities lending to retail market
05 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Once short selling partially resumes in May retail investors can gain a qualification to enable them to directly borrow securities and short sell

US SEC requests comment on MMF reform options
05 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The SEC has requested industry comment on potential reforms to improve the resilience of money market funds in the wake of the 2020 COVID-disruption