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SEBA Bank launches first regulated gold token to enable digital ownership of physical gold
15 December 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SEBA Bank’s gold token has been developed in conjunction with Argor-Heraeus, a service provider in the precious metal industry, and aXedras, a blockchain-based precious metal platform

Clearstream processes first demat securities issued on D7 platform
15 December 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Marking the first live element in Deutsche Börse’s D7 platform for electronic securities issuance and processing, market participants have commenced testing for the next phases of the digital platform roll-out

Genesis Custody receives FCA approval as cryptoasset business
14 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Genesis Custody Limited has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to be a registered cryptoasset business

CBA and Northern Trust trade Australia’s first green repo
14 December 2021 Australia
Reporter: SFT

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s green repo product has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a not-for-profit agency promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy, and evaluated against the global Climate Bonds Standard

Hg invests in Pirum
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Pirum Systems has secured a new investor to drive its global growth strategy, with Hg sharing joint control with Pirum’s current major investor Bowmark Capital

Acadia partners with Capitolis to launch data solution for capital optimisation
08 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Acadia, provider of integrated risk management services for derivatives companies, and Capitolis, the SaaS platform provider, have partnered to launch SA-CCR Optimization

Tradeweb reports November increase in repo trading activity
07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The total trading volume for November 2021 was US$24.2 trillion across electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, Tradeweb reports

Gino Timperio expands State Street role as Martin Tell retires
06 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Timperio will assume leadership of State Street’s securities finance division as global head of securities finance, Tell, plans to retire after 35 years in the financial services industry

Mark Snowdon joins Standard Chartered
03 December 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Bob Currie

Snowdon moves into newly-created role in Hong Kong as head of insurance relationship management, financing and securities services for Asia, reporting to Simon Kellaway

Northern Trust expands partnership with Broadridge for SRD II compliance
02 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Northern Trust has expanded its partnership with Broadridge for Shareholder Rights Directive compliance

Global securities lending revenue up 29% YoY for November
01 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities finance industry generated US$787 million in revenue for lenders in November 2021, according to DataLend

FIA EPTA welcomes EC proposals on MiFIR and MiFID II reviews
29 November 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

European capital markets require threefold policy action based on building a true EU single market for financial instruments, improved data quality and transparency in European markets, and strengthened investor protection standards