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IHS Markit releases new portfolio analytics tool
19 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The data analytics provider says portfolio managers will be able to better manage risk across their stock portfolios

SEC chair calls on index funds to carefully weigh SBL revenue and voting obligations
19 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The agency’s acting chair is calling for a review of the SEC’s 2019 guidance on proxy voting which she argues put too much emphasis on capturing incremental revenue from securities lending at the expense of exercising good corporate governance

Euroclear shifts €100bn of Irish securities from UK to EU operations
19 March 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The settlement of Irish securities worth around €100 billion traded on Euronext Dublin markets on 15 March took place in Euroclear Bank on 17 March

Kaizen's David Nowell stepping back
12 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The regulatory reporting specialist will join the company’s advisory board

Hudson Fintech launches workflow tool
11 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Trade Hospital acts as an advanced workflow management service which filters, aggregates and reconciles trade messages before sending optimised submissions to back-office systems for confirmation and settlement

EISS Super gains ESG insights from State Street's analytics solution
09 March 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"We have a responsibility to consider, understand and manage all the potential risks facing our investment holdings and one of the risk categories we look at is ESG," says the CEO of EISS Super

Securities finance revenue starts year with a bang
08 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

APAC ADRs and January’s US short squeeze serve as catalysts for 10 per cent YoY increase in global securities finance revenues, IHS Markit data shows

Where are all the ETF champions?
05 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citi’s global head of ETF products is challenging the securities lending market to take ownership of promoting the use of index funds as both collateral instruments and a liquidity source

Northern Trust’s first European ESG ETFs will not lend securities
03 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The two FlexShare sustainable funds, which represent the asset manager’s first European ETFs, will not join their US counterparts in lending securities, for now

State Street introduces buy-side P2P repo marketplace
03 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new P2P repo marketplace is accessible to non-financial corporates, asset owners, pension plans, regulated funds, insurance firms, and hedge funds, regardless of whether they are State Street custody clients

Standard Bank expands agreement with GEPF to include securities lending services
03 March 2021 South Africa
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the new agreement, Standard Bank’s master custody and investment reporting mandate has been expanded to include securities lending among other services

Exclusive: State Street to launch triparty collateral service
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street is set to enter the triparty collateral arena for buy-side clients ahead of the fifth phase of the UMR in September