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ESG: UK pension fund prioritises AGM voting power over lending revenue
19 June 2020 Edinburgh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The CEO of Lothian Pension Fund says he is willing to accept a reduction in lending revenue in order to participate fully in ESG-related votes and expects other beneficial owners to follow suit

Exclusive: GLMX reveals several key hires amid major growth
18 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Kyle O’Donnell and Andrew Turvey are set to join GLMX while Phil Buck will be vacating his role leading the firm's UK/Europe operations

EMIR Refit delegated reporting rules go live despite industry concerns
18 June 2020 Belgium
Reporter: Natalie Turner

As of today, financial counterparty’s are responsible for reporting OTC derivatives contracts for some of their non-financial counterparty clients under EMIR Refit

Eurex clears first interest rate swap transaction from Japan
18 June 2020 Japan
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Citibank Global Markets acted as its clearing member for SMBC Nikko Securities to execute the first over-the-counter interest-rate swap transaction with Eurex Clearing

Meritsoft and Taskize collaborate on enhanced CSDR solution
17 June 2020 Dublin
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The two firms are integrating their automated fails operational workload offering operational task management platforms to provide an end-to-end CSDR solution

Shone resurfaces with ISLA to push digital agenda
17 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

David Shone, who recently left State Street after completing the build of its SFTR solution, will now contribute to ISLA's project to enhance market digitalisation

Deutsche Boerse to gain new head of cash markets
17 June 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

EuroCCP’s Paul Hilgers is set to become managing director of Deutsche Boerse's cash market

MUFG gains tech lead to spearhead SBL overhaul
17 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Steven Cassidy has been reunited with his former-Deutsche Bank SBL colleagues at MUFG where he will lead the Japanese banking group’s SBL technology upgrade

Access Fintech partners with Clearstream to solve CSDR penalty challenges
16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Access Fintech is joining forces with Clearstream to allow clients to more effectively manage penalties and trade status updates for transactions in scope for CSDR

Don’t cry wolf on the need for regulatory relief for COVID, warns ISLA CEO
16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The market participants must be careful to show regulators they are not using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to gain unjustified delays to the regulatory timetable, says ISLA’s Andrew Dyson

IHS Markit adds iBoxx bond indices to securities lending reports
16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit aims to provide lenders with greater insight on potential portfolio returns from their fixed income assets with the addition of six global iBoxx bond indices to its reports

MUFG selects EquiLend Spire in drive to upgrade securities lending business
15 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

MUFG Investor Services is set to leverage the EquiLend Spire platform for its core global securities lending activities as part of ambitious plans to expand its business