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Citi launches new futures algorithm platform
26 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Citi’s new flagship algorithm, Arrival, comes as part of a suite of intelligent execution algorithms for global listed derivatives and engineered for the futures markets across all major exchanges in the North America, Europe and Asia Pacific

Credit Suisse expands ESG specialist team with new hires from Robeco and Nordea
26 January 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Credit Suisse has made five new hires to join the bank’s sustainability, strategy, advisory and finance function

Canadian pension plans ended 2020 on a high, Northern Trust data shows
26 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Northern Trust Canada Universe shows Canadian pension plans shrugged off a poor start to 2020, closing with 10 per cent gains for the year

Cecabank selects Broadridge for proxy voting services
26 January 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Broadridge’s solution is already live and is providing Cecabank’s domestic and cross-border institutional clients with a fully automated global proxy voting service

Bank of Canada expands securities repo operations
25 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of Canada is changing the terms of its securities repo operations to to increase the availability of its holdings of Government of Canada securities

Capco addresses main challenges for EMIR Refit
25 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Already concerns have been raised around how these can be adopted and whether they should be the solution for EMIR standardisation,” explains Capco’s Stephen McPherson

GPFA gains 11th member, outlines 2021 vision
25 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With the combined lendable assets of its members now north of $6 trillion, the buy-side association aims to use its clout to affect positive change for the more than 5 million underlying pensioners and public sector workers it represents globally

MM Warburg settles cum-ex tax bill; seeks to recoup from Deutsche Bank and others
25 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As of December, the German private bank has paid €155 million to tax authorities but is putting its former service providers on notice that it does not plan to eat the loses alone

ISDA’s master agreement goes digital
22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISDA has made its master agreement digitally available on ISDA’s Create platform, as part of the rollout, the ISDA clause library is also being added to the platform

Northern Trust sees YoY revenue growth
22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has continued the trend of agent lenders achieving year-on-year (YoY) growth for 2020 despite lacklustre returns in Q4

Citi executes first SBL trade in Romanian securities
22 January 2021 Romania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With the addition of Romania, Citi now supports securities lending in 74 markets

South Street Securities launches equity finance business
21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US broker-dealer aims to leverage its capital base and balance sheet to become a niche player in the hard-to-borrow space and provide multiple solutions regarding the financing of securities and collateral