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Consolo’s securities lending courses achieve CPD accreditation
13 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Consolo is the first UK securities finance consultancy firm to be recognised by the leading independent accreditation institution operating across all industry sectors

BNP Paribas secures new global securities lending chief
13 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust's former APAC head of securities lending has resurfaced at BNP Paribas in London

Citco Group targets collateral management growth
12 February 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Citco Group, a financial services provider to the buy side, has set its sights on expanding its collateral management offering with a new platform in the works and a new senior hire from Hazeltree

ECB puts counterparty credit risk guide under the microscope
12 February 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Central Bank is calling for market feedback on its counterparty credit risk methodology guide

IHS Markit beefs up securities finance platform with Credit Benchmark deal
12 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IHS Markit is set to incorporate Credit Benchmark’s credit risk analytics into its securities finance platform

Israeli exchange’s DLT securities lending platform nears completion
11 February 2020 Tel Aviv
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has partnered with Blockchain Technology Partners to finalise its securities lending DLT platform, alongside Accenture, Intel and The Floor

ECB survey reveals “intensified” price wars
11 February 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank’s quarterly survey on the securities financing market revealed that many counterparties upped their efforts to negotiate more favourable price and non-price terms in H2 2019

Saudi Stock Exchange proposes SBL and short selling rule changes
10 February 2020 Riyadh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Saudi Stock Exchange is mulling imposing stricter short selling rules and amendments to changes to collateral rules for securities lending transactions

Transcend hires former managing director of CloudMargin
10 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CloudMargin's Lis Hadingham joins Transcend sales team

Lenders still shun corporate bond collateral
10 February 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Collateral mobilisation and availability will continue to gain prominence in global securities lending markets as regulatory demands begin to bite this year

Non-EU AIFs are exempt from SFTR, says EC
10 February 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has put to bed fears that non-EU AIFs with EU-based managers would be in scope for SFTR in the first of several clarifications of the final guidelines needed ahead of the phase-one go-live

ABM AMRO securities lending desk fined for ADR mishandling
07 Febuary 2020 Washington
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago has become the 15th recipient of a fine from the US SEC for pre-released ADR mishandling by its securities lending team