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Bequant unleashes new prime brokerage platform
15 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bequant PRO is a new prime brokerage platform for cryptocurrency and digital asset managers

Sovereign wealth funds were steadfast during pandemic turmoil
14 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors maintained exposure to risk assets in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by State Street and the IFSWF shows

US Fed modifies LCR to assist liquidity facilities
14 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Federal Reserve has temporarily tweaked the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) by implementing an ‘interim final rule’ aimed at further incentivising participation in its liquidity facilities

Pirum enhances CCP Gateway for SFTR reporting
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Ahead of SFTR’s go-live, Pirum has enhanced its CCP Gateway via Eurex to allow the novation of reportable transactions

CSDR solutions must be built to adapt, says regulatory expert
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The settlement discipline regime is unlikely to be amended before February, but vendors should be prepared for amendments to come eventually

PwC’s common UTI template endorsed by ICMA
13 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

PwC has collaborated with ICMA to produce a common template for bilateral UTI exchanges under SFTR

Commonwealth Bank eyes global securities finance growth
13 May 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Australian bank has bolstered its European team shortly after building out its Americas office as part of plans to grow its international securities finance business

Northern Trust gains new asset servicing mandate in Asia
12 May 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The US bank is set to provide collateral management services to Modular, which spun out of a large US hedge fund manager in January and is one of Asia’s largest hedge fund launches

CSDR February push back gets EU Commission approval
12 May 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has approved ESMA’s call for a delay to CSDR’s settlement discipline regime go-live from September to February 2021

CACEIS completes Candriam’s first wave of funds migration
12 May 2020 Paris
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

CACEIS has completed the first of three fund migration waves for asset management company Candriam

Wematch adds second component to optimiser for TRS trades
11 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

After the launch of lifecycle and optimiser features on TRS financing trades, Wematch has released a second component covering TRS naturals trades.

Raiffeisen Gruppe expand executive board
11 May 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Raiffeisen Gruppe appoints Roger Reist as its newest member of the executive board