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WeMatch hits $45bn average balance on securities finance platforms
27 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

WeMatch has more than doubled its total ongoing securities financing balance on its EMEA and new US platforms since achieving its last milestone in July

Pirum and J.P. Morgan launch triparty dual matching service
27 November 2020 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum and J.P. Morgan are expanding their partnership to address the regulatory-driven increase in use of triparty by launching a RQV dual matching facility

Short sellers lose up to $14.2bn in single trading day
26 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Short sellers lost as much as $14.2 billion in a single trading session as US stock markets reached new highs

ESMA releases shortlist for new chair
26 November 2020 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The finalists include Portugal's former minister of finance Maria-Luis Albuquerque, Carmine di Noia, commissioner for the Italian financial market regulator, and Verena Ross, executive director of ESMA

DSB calls for new Middle Eastern and Asian product committee members
25 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Derivative Service Bureau is seeking to expand its membership and broaden geographic industry collaboration as part of its work as the unique product identifier service provider

Don't recreate today's data silo problem on DLT, warns OECD webinar speaker
25 November 2020 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"If we don’t solve interoperability then all we are doing is creating slightly bigger data silos, says Digital Asset's CEO, adding that if DLT platforms cannot communicate the current data silo problem will just be recreated

J.P. Morgan becomes GLEIF’s first LEI validation agent
25 November 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FSB-backed foundation unveiled a validation agent framework in September and called on global financial institutions, as a trusted data source, to become part of the LEI issuing process

Vermeg launches collateral platform for SMEs ahead of UMR phase 5/6
24 November 2020 Holland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Many of the organisations affected by the final phases of UMR have typically managed their collateral management process on spreadsheets and have historically been unaffected by the regulations

BCS Global Markets prime services hires new business development chief
24 November 2020 Russia
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Grigoriy Kozin is responsible for spearheading the development of the prime brokerage and securities financing business lines

Virtu-MarketAxess ETF partnership gains first asset manager users
24 November 2020 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Charles Schwab Investment Management and WisdomTree Asset Management are the first ETF issuers to sign-up Virtu's eNAV ETF analytics tool, which features MarketAxess’ Composite+ pricing engine

ISLA reveals new ESG steering group
23 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The new group will be co-chaired by ISLA CEO Andy Dyson and Ciara Horigan, a senior member of the regulatory, industry and government affairs team at State Street

Deutsche Boerse to take majority stake in ISS
23 November 2020 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse has set its sights on becoming a "leading global ESG data player" through the acquisition of a majority share of approximately 80 percent in Institutional Shareholder Services