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Ownera partners with LayerZero
05 January 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This partnership connects the platforms to provide a solution for financial institutions, asset issuers, and application providers that look to strategically scale their tokenised products

MarketAxess tops US$1tn in emerging markets trading volume
24 December 2025 New York
Reporter: Karl Loomes

The firm operates across more than 30 local currency bond markets and over 100 hard currency bond markets, supporting institutional clients in around 90 countries

DTCC’s FICC and BNY launch collateral-in-lieu service
23 December 2025 US, UK, Australia
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The service maintains the haircut typically posted by dealers to money market funds and other cash investors in triparty while implementing a CCP lien that is applied “in lieu” of both a sponsor guaranty and margin posting to the CCP

TISE and Boursa Kuwait sign MoU
23 December 2025 Kuwait, UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The agreement aims to enhance technical and knowledge-based cooperation between the two parties and seeks to explore opportunities for financial market development

BNY welcomes Todorovic
22 December 2025 France
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Nikola Todorovic joins the firm having most recently worked at Citi, as director, head of sales and client coverage, prime futures, and securities services

ADX becomes first Middle Eastern exchange to list securities in the US
19 December 2025 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Hansa Tote

This is the first time ETFs registered in the US are being cross-listed in the region, giving investors access to China’s digital economy and the global carbon credit market through two flagship ETFs from KraneShares

Macquarie admits short selling misconduct
19 December 2025 Australia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Macquarie Securities Australia has agreed to pay a AU$35 million fine for its inaccurate reporting, caused by multiple systems-related failures

DBS appointed to RMB clearing bank
19 December 2025 Singapore
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firm is the first Singapore bank to get approval, and has also been allowed to operate in the onshore OTC bond market

SIFMA publishes Treasury clearing framework
19 December 2025 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The report, titled ‘US Treasury and Repo Clearing Done-Away Model Design Considerations’ builds upon the ‘US Treasury Central Clearing Industry Considerations Report’ published in November 2024

J.P. Morgan launches first tokenised MMF
18 December 2025 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firm’s multi-chain asset tokenisation solution, My OnChain Net Yield Fund, is a 506(c) private placement fund providing investors the opportunity to earn US dollar yields

State Street becomes OCC’s first bank clearing member
18 December 2025 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

OCC will provide central counterparty clearing and settlement through its Stock Loan Program for State Street’s Prime Services platform

Euronext advances European CSD
18 December 2025 Europe
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Euronext collaborates with financial institutions to build a European CSD model, offering reduced costs and enhanced liquidity across European markets