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ECMS gets the green light for go-live
19 May 2025 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After migration is completed over the weekend, ECMS operations are expected to start on 16 June at 07:00 CET

LPL Financial selects Benzi to head securities lending
16 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Based in New Jersey, Linda Benzi brings more than two decades of experience in securities finance to her new role

SASLA selects Harduth as new Chair
16 may 2025 South Africa
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

With over 19 years of experience in securities lending, Hitesh Harduth has demonstrated “exceptional leadership” and a “deep commitment” to the growth of securities lending in Africa

DNB expands securities finance team with Svensson and Thörnqvist
16 May 2025 Sweden
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The move to hire Ida Svensson and Patrick Thörnqvist follows the firm’s strategy to expand its presence in securities finance and in Sweden, and follows its acquisition of Carnegie

Vietnam’s exchange launches new trading system
15 May 2025 Vietnam
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The new CSD solution, based on CMA’s DEPO/X platform, is now fully operational at the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation

SFS: Self-reflection creates a culture of change
19 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

With artificial intelligence and automation being a hot topic across industries, experts from six firms sat together to discuss the benefits and challenges of these technologies at the Securities Finance Symposium in Boston

ASIC sues Macquarie Securities for systemic misleading conduct
14 May 2025 Australia
Reporter: Daniel Tison

In its first short sale reporting case, ASIC alleges the misleading conduct was due to multiple systems-related issues, many of which remained undetected for over a decade

Hazeltree partners with Reg-X
14 May 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration aims to bring fully-automated, transparent regulatory reporting to Hazeltree’s global network of clients

ISDA board welcomes new directors
14 May 2025 Netherlands
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Four new directors have joined the board at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, in addition to nine having been re-elected

Baton connects with FICC and NSCC
13 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

As firms are preparing for the US Treasury clearing mandate, Baton is now providing clients with direct connectivity to DTCC’s clearing houses

TreasurySpring and Atlar collaborate
13 May 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Atlar customers will be able to access TreasurySpring’s marketplace of wholesale cash products ranging such as collateralised repo

ISDA extends DRR to support revised Canadian reporting rules
13 May 2025 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The revisions are being implemented by the Canadian Securities Administrators and are scheduled for implementation on 25 July 2025