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Clearstream veteran Elisa Poutanen joins HQLAᵡ
15 March 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Poutanen joins HQLAᵡ as it continues to expand both its client base and international reach

Global PSSL continues outreach and appointments
15 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ESG-focused not-for-profit has expanded its College of Advisors and is now accepting input from individuals from organisations that engage in securities lending directly, provided they sit outside the lending departments

Alliance of 14 trade body call for CSDR buy-in delay
12 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA, ICMA and ISDA are among 14 trade bodies to renew calls for the buy-ins rules to be shelved until "essential" amendments are in place and to give in-scope entities more time to prepare

EC publishes CSDR inception impact assessment
12 March 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The review, which will remain open until 5 April, will assess how well EU rules on central securities depositories are working

Kaizen's David Nowell stepping back
12 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The regulatory reporting specialist will join the company’s advisory board

Exclusive: Pirum secures J.P. Morgan as first user of corporate actions service
12 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan Agency Lending becomes the first user of CoacsConnect, a corporate actions processing service that went live this week

Maxine Waters fires warning shot over SLR exemptions
11 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

“It is past time that your agencies stop prioritising the wishes of Wall Street over the public good,” Waters tells US regulators

Pirum Systems unveils corporate actions processing solution
11 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum’s COACSConnect service aims to enable market participants to create, match and disseminate corporate action related notifications

Hudson Fintech launches workflow tool
11 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Trade Hospital acts as an advanced workflow management service which filters, aggregates and reconciles trade messages before sending optimised submissions to back-office systems for confirmation and settlement

DTCC’s Susan Cosgrove joins Ultimus Fund Solutions’ board of directors
11 March 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Cosgrove currently leads DTCC’s global finance, treasury, strategic sourcing, real estate, corporate services, and new initiatives oversight teams

US SEC considering post-GME short selling disclosures
10 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The commission’s acting chair has written a letter to US senator Elizabeth Warren addressing her concerns over systemic market risks

Big gaps remain in LEI coverage, says associations
10 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The grace period for including third-country counterparty LEIs must be extended again beyond April to avoid a liquidity crunch and undermining SFTR data integrity, warn trade bodies including ISLA and ICMA