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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

Deutsche Bank and SimCorp renew APAC fund services partnership
07 February Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Bank Securities Services, which recently reclaimed control of the bank's agency securities lending business, has renewed its 14-year partnership with SimCorp to deliver fund services across Asia Pacific

ICMA elects new repo and collateral committee
07 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA reveals winners of its 2020 European Repo and Collateral Council committee elections, with four new members joining the 19-strong group

EXCLUSIVE: REGIS-TR's growth spurt continues with a new head of business development
07 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European trade repository has tapped Nick Bruce to be its head of business development, among a series of new hires in the pipeline

PASLA/RMA Tokyo conference postponed
06 February 2020 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The spread of the coronavirus in Japan and the Asian region has forced the PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending, due to be held in Toyko in March, to be delayed until 2021

Broadridge appoints Chris Perry as president of financial solutions
06 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Currently, Perry leads Broadridge’s global sales, marketing and client solutions organisation

Pirum launches IM automation tool for OTC derivatives
05 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The IM Instruct tool, which is now live, aims to assist users of over-the-counter derivatives in delivering IM to the various triparty and third-party custodian collateral venues

Cowen to integrate PB business of Global Prime Partners
05 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Cowen is bolstering its prime brokerage services through the integration of its team with brokerage arm of its European competitor, Global Prime Partners

SteelEye appoints new CFO
05 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye has appointed a new chief financial officer from Bloomberg as part of its latest expansion plans

IHS Markit hails “industry milestone” of $25tn lendable assets data coverage
05 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The data analytics and financial services provider says its data set has increased by 20 percent over the past 12 months, with a 12 percent increase from new contributors