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ICMA publishes guide to domestic repo market in China
18 October 2022 China
Reporter: Bob Currie

Richard Comotto’s volume analyses repo market activities on the Chinese mainland, including products and trading activities, market infrastructure, the interbank market and exchange-traded repo, along with the regulatory and legal framework

RMA: BoE remains in a tough spot as it navigates inflation
14 October 2022 RMA Conference 2022
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The first panel of the day brought together experts to share their thoughts on the global macro environment and the risk this brings to the securities finance industry

BoE launches Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility
10 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank of England has launched a Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility to avoid dysfunction in core funding markets, in line with the bank’s financial stability objective

Kuwait Clearing Company appoints Alex Krunic as CEO
05 October 2022 Kuwait
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Krunic will be responsible for developing post-trade activities and services in the Kuwait region

South Street raises capital from BlackRock and BC Partners
05 October 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

South Street Securities Holdings raises capital from BlackRock and BC Partners to grow its business

Mirae Asset Securities hires Sutherland
28 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Mirae Asset Securities (UK) Ltd has appointed Alasdair Sutherland as director of securities financing and delta one to develop the firm’s securities financing offering

Sharegain appoints Anup Patel
27 September 2022 London
Reporter: Bob Currie

Anup Patel joins from OSTTRA to strengthen existing client relationships across wealth managers, neobanks, online brokers and asset managers, and to build Sharegain’s new business pipeline across these client segments

EXCLUSIVE: Transcend appoints Kidwell as director of sales for North America
26 September 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Jeff Kidwell will join Transcend as director of sales for North America to grow the firm’s securities finance footprint in the region

DTCC warns of hacking threats posed by rise of quantum computing
21 September 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

In a newly published white paper, DTCC notes that quantum computing may enable firms to analyse complex problems that cannot be solved using current computing methods, but it may also expose vulnerabilities in existing systems

Delta Capita appoints Sen as head of data
21 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Riddhi Sen joins Delta Capita as its new head of data, underlining the firm’s focus and investment in its global consulting business and mission to reinvent the financial services value chain

Sanzone joins Pirum’s business development team
20 September 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Francesca Sanzone has become director of North American business development at Pirum, and will lead the firm’s expansion into North America across fixed-income and repo automation

IMN: Securities finance revenues outperform for 2022
14 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance Matthew Chesssum predicts “a very good year” for 2022, as securities finance revenues see best performance since 2008