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WeMatch welcomes Simon Picton and Milan Haria
04 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

WeMatch grows EMEA coverage team as platform balances continue to build

FICC appoints Edward Davey as first COO
04 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

FICC board appoints former-J.P. Morgan COO to spearhead global standard setting working groups

Northern Trust’s first European ESG ETFs will not lend securities
03 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The two FlexShare sustainable funds, which represent the asset manager’s first European ETFs, will not join their US counterparts in lending securities, for now

State Street introduces buy-side P2P repo marketplace
03 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new P2P repo marketplace is accessible to non-financial corporates, asset owners, pension plans, regulated funds, insurance firms, and hedge funds, regardless of whether they are State Street custody clients

Exclusive: Todd Slater leaves FIS
03 February 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

FIS’ head of securities finance and collateral sales and pre-sales for Asia Pacific, Japan and UAE, has vacated the role in search of new opportunities

SFDR: uncertainty lingers as deadline looms
03 March 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Alex Pugh

A week before the first go-live of SFDR, the securities lending market still lacks clarity of whether it falls in scope

Standard Bank expands agreement with GEPF to include securities lending services
03 March 2021 South Africa
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the new agreement, Standard Bank’s master custody and investment reporting mandate has been expanded to include securities lending among other services

Exclusive: State Street to launch triparty collateral service
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street is set to enter the triparty collateral arena for buy-side clients ahead of the fifth phase of the UMR in September

GameStop continues to prop-up global lender earnings
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

EMEA and APAC saw YoY declines in revenue for February

DASH Regulatory Technologies receives SOC 1 Type II Attestation
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The assessment covers the web-based 360R system as well as the information technology general controls over the following calculation modules that generate key inputs to various regulatory reports

Cum-ex tax loophole isn't closed, warns German tax expert
01 March 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The EU’s tax subcommittee heard that the upcoming criminal trials may allow prosecutors to recoup most of the estimated €55 billion lost tax revenue to related parties that benefited from the suspect's cum-ex scheme

Bursa Malaysia extends intraday shorting ban
01 March 2021 Malaysia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Malaysia’s financial market regulator and exchange are extending the restrictions on intraday short selling that was due to expire yesterday until 29 August