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Goldman Sachs becomes CASLA member
09 July 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The addition brings the association’s membership to 27 full and associate member firms

HKMA enhances renminbi bond repo business
08 July 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Facilitating the participation of Northbound Bond Connect investors in the repo business, the authority welcomes two enhancements which will come into effect on 25 August 2025

OSTTRA granted exemptions on mandatory clearing obligations
08 July 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

With the exemption now in place, the OSTTRA service can better optimise risk reduction through a more liquid and widely traded contract

Euronext enters first phase of repo expansion
08 July 2025 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Repo Foundation marks a pivotal expansion of Euronext Clearing’s capabilities, and introducing enhancements in margin efficiency and collateral optimisation

Shikar departs Natixis
07 July 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After two decades at the firm, Dennis Shikar has left his position as Americas head of global markets sales and structuring

Global PSSL recruits Sakthivel as fintech advisor
07 July 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Balaguru Sakthivel brings almost a decade of experience to his new role, spanning product, partnerships, and strategy

Euroclear connects with ECMS
07 July 2025 Belgum
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm also went live with its new Central Bank Access Service, which enables clients to outsource the full end-to-end management of bilateral settlement with their central banks

ADX prepares to list MENA’s first DLT-based digital bond
04 July 2025 UAE
Reporter: Karl Loomes

FAB issues milestone security via HSBC Orion as region pushes tokenised finance forward

Global PSSL CIC works to reform green bond lending
04 July 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Its newly released paper identifies a critical transparency gap in current securities lending, repo, and derivatives frameworks where green-labelled bonds may be used

OCC average daily loan value up 9.8% for June
03 July 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Total securities lending transactions cleared on the OCC platform for the same month increased 45.3 per cent YoY to 312,759

BrokerTec US repo ADNV climbs 18% YoY for June
03 July 2025 US, Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm’s overall average daily notional value for June was US$931 billion, up 19 per cent year-on-year, according to John Edwards, global head of BrokerTec, CME Group

FICC hits US$11.8tn one-day record on daily volume
03 July 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The new milestone is the highest Government Securities Division volume recorded since 9 April, when peak volume reached US$11.4 trillion