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LiquidityBook hires trio for sell-side operations and solutions
18 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Commenting on the new hires, LiquidityBook’s chief operating officer Sayant Chatterjee (pictured), says: “This is an exciting time for our business as we are seeing an increasing number of brokers turn to the LiquidityBook framework

FSB advises early action to contain cryptoasset risks
16 February 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Financial Stability Board warns that the pace of crypoasset expansion could trigger a threat to financial stability in a report published today, where it urges timely and pre-emptive action to close out potential vulnerabilities

Digivault and Asset Reality to provide Belgium with crypto asset recovery services
15 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Digivault, a part of EQONEX, and Asset Reality, a company that recovers seized crypto assets, has been chosen by Belgian law enforcement agencies to provide recovery, storage and management services for seized crypto assets

ESMA prioritises greenwashing in sustainable finance roadmap
11 February 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Investigating greenwashing, defining its fundamental features and addressing it with coordinated action across multiple sectors will be key to safeguarding investors, says ESMA

Etrading Software expands team with COO and CTO
09 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The London-based company has appointed James Haskell as COO and David Lane as CTO to aid the expansion of its technology platform

BME launches digital proxy voting service in partnership with Proxymity
07 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BME has launched its digital proxy voting service for shareholders’ meetings in partnership with Proxymity

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Glen joins HQLA^X as Solutions Architect
01 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Luxembourg-based financial technology specialist HQLA^X has appointed Richard Glen as lead Solutions Architect in its newly-opened London office

LuxSE admits digital securities tokens onto official list
31 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

The series of tokens to be admitted on to Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Securities Official List are digital covered bonds and structured products issued by Societe Generale - FORGE, the French financial services group’s digital division

Baton Systems appoints David Ornstein as COO
25 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ornstein will be the company’s first chief operating officer and will focus on enabling the firm to scale effectively as Baton Systems’ client numbers expand

BlackRock sec lending full-year revenues down for 2021, AuM tops US$10 trillion
18 January 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US asset manager delivered the strongest organic growth in its history, according to Larry Fink, but securities lending revenue fell 15% YoY to US$555 million for 2021

South Street Securities Funding completes $90m private placement
04 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The proceeds of the fixed rate senior notes will be used to refinance existing debt and provide expansion capital to South Street Securities Funding’s broker-dealer subsidiary

EXCLUSIVE: FinOptSys hires John Stancati
21 December 2021 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Stancati will lead new product development, while helping to grow the securities finance platform’s capabilities at its Toronto office