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NSD receives authorisation to assign LEIs to market participants
28 May 2020 Moscow
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Russia's National Settlement Depository has become the countries first CSD to gain certification by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

Bloomberg and J.P. Morgan partner to enhance post-trade efficiency
28 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The offering is now live and in production with the first joint Bloomberg and J.P. Morgan’s Securities Services client and is being made available to other buy-side clients

SmartStream extends its public API for collateral management
27 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SmartStream extends public API to promote access to collateral management technologies

IHS Markit and OpenGamma join forces to help clients with UMR
27 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The offering will unite OpenGamma’s pre-trade margin analytics with IHS Markit’s post-trade derivatives calculation service and aims to provide end-to-end support for in-scope entities

Aberdeen Asset Management veterans invest in blockchain start-up
27 May 2020 Edinburgh
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The blockchain start-up, BTP, recent finalised an angel funding round led by Aberdeen Asset Management veterans Martin Gilbert and Andrew Laing

Citi raises $1m to support COVID-19 relief efforts
27 May 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has raised $1 million (USD) in an effort to support the UNDP to address COVID-19 challenges across the region.

ISLA publishes revised 2020 US tax addendum to GMSLA
27 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has published the revised 2020 US tax addendum to its GMSLA 2010, along with supporting guidance notes for members

PASLA/EY survey reveals growth of ESG in APAC securities lending
26 May 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA has revealed key findings of a new survey on ESG and securities lending in APAC

MiFID II review: EFAMA calls for changes to investor protection rules
22 May 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EFAMA shows support for MiFID II framework but calls for improvements to professional investors to enhance market transparency

Genesis set to launch prime brokerage offering with acquisition of Vo1t
22 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The acquisition will add to Genesis’ existing services, which include over-the-counter trading and institutional lending

EquiLend opens SFTR parallel production environment testing
21 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has opened a parallel production environment for clients to test its SFTR solution in a live environment

PASLA sets out roadmap for standardising ESG in APAC
21 May 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association plans to create a set of ESG principles for APAC following an EY/PASLA survey showing 89 percent of respondents say securities lending and ESG are compatible