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Robert Zekraus starts new role heading up Pirum’s Americas business
12 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The banking veteran will lead the London-based reconciliation services’ firm’s activities in the Americas

Baton Systems integrates with LCH to enhance collateral workflow automation
10 May 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The addition of LCH will extend Baton’s network of CCPs that now includes several exchange operators

Exclusive: FinOptSys' securities finance platform comes to market
07 May 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

FinOptSys, a new financial resources, collateral and balance sheet optimisation platform, incorporating ‘true’ peer-to-peer trading functionality, has come to market promising, with backing from John Stracquadanio and Kevin Felix at Appia Ventures

SFT: Three key technologies driving adoption of collateral efficiency tools
06 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Regulation, the need for efficiency and the availability of modular technology are all driving better collateral management, a Securities Finance Technology Symposium panellist says

SFT: Pandemic disruption inspired innovation in repo markets
06 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Panellists at the SFT Technology Symposium hailed newly-invigorated tailwinds for technology adoption in repo markets, although there is still significant headroom for growth

FCA claims first scalp in cum-ex tax fraud campaign
06 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FCA has fined Sapien for facilitating a dividend arbitrage scheme by Solo Group and its underlying off-shore clients, which were all connected to Sanjay Shah, and illegally collected withholding tax reclaims from the tax authorities of Denmark an

Global securities finance revenues increase by fifth YoY in April
04 May 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Following the relaxation of short selling bans, European equity revenues witness a recovery

Exclusive: Daron Pearce departs BNY Mellon
01 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Daron Pearce, CEO for BNY Mellon's EMEA asset servicing business, has left the bank after 20 years

Cowen reveals record Q1 2021 financial results
30 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

“Our record results in the first quarter demonstrate that our business continues to perform at a high level,” says Cowen’s CEO

Sanjay Shah vs SKAT: A cum-ex legal battle explainer
28 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The trial focused on the application of ‘Dicey Rule 3’ which states that English courts have no jurisdiction enforce a penal, revenue or other public law of a foreign state

Broadridge integrates FundApps’ regtech solution
26 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The enhanced platform offers a fully automated interface that will support the daily updating of client holdings in the FundApps system and maintain a global database of companies and regulations, Broadridge says

BoE introduces new socially conscious best practices
22 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The co-chairs of the Women in Securities Finance London Chapter have collaborated with the central bank in amending its Money Markets Code with new standards on diversity, equity and inclusion