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EquiLend hires Grant Davies
01 August 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EquiLend has hired Grant Davies as head of sales, EMEA, based in London

Timothy Keenan departs BondLend
31 July 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Industry veteran Timothy Keenan, who has worked in the industry since 1983, has departed BondLend

Asset managers could save ‘millions’ through clearing ahead of UMR
31 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Asset managers could save millions of dollars through clearing ahead of Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR), research from OpenGamma has suggested

MarketAxess and EquiLend kick-off SFTR testing
30 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Trax, a MarketAxess subsidiary, and EquiLend have begun user acceptance testing (UAT) with phase one go-live clients for their joint Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) solution

OCC bolsters board of directors
30 July 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCC has added leaders from Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to its board of directors

Lendingblock launches new agreement to protect crypto market participants
29 July 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lendingblock has established a Global Digital Assets Lending Agreement to protect crypto market participants

ASIC consults on agent lenders role in securities lending
29 July 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is currently consulting on the role played by agent lenders in securities lending

CACEIS makes offer for all securities in KAS BANK
29 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CACEIS has made a recommended public offer in cash for all the securities in KAS BANK, which is presented at a price of €12.75 per share, valuing KAS BANK at €187 million

IHS Markit reveals most revenue-generating securities for Q2
29 July 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Beyond Meat’s Q2 total revenues “unsurprisingly” topped the global Q2 most revenue-generating securities, according to Sam Pierson, director, securities finance, IHS Markit, during a webinar

Synechron launches new accelerator solution for LIBOR
26 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Synechron has launched the Data Science Accelerator for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Impact Analysis

LCH appoints Isabelle Girolami as CEO
26 July 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

LCH has appointed Isabelle Girolami as CEO of LCH, effective on 1 November

Securities lending revenue for Q2 down 18 percent
26 July 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit’s Sam Pierson revealed that securities lending revenue for Q2 stood at $2.59 billion, down 18 percent from Q2 2019