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Simmons & Simmons joins PASLA
12 May 2025 APAC
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The firm offers law expertise to investment banks, asset managers, and platform providers in the structured products, securities financing, and derivatives sectors

SFS: The regulatory horizon for securities finance
09 May 2025 US
Reporter: Karl Loomes

With the SEC’s Rule 10c-1a set to reshape securities lending transparency, a panel of industry experts at the Securities Finance Times Symposium explored preparedness, practical hurdles, and the issue of extraterritoriality

April kept short-sellers ‘on edge’, Hazeltree reports
09 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The technology sector showed further signs of cooling in April, according to the Shortside Crowdedness Report

Hidden Road’s Abu Dhabi Global Market entity secures approval
08 May 2025 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm will offer clearing and prime brokerage services across its global suite of traditional and digital asset products

Dubai Financial Market launches centralised SLB programme
08 May 2025 Dubai
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The SLB Programme is operated by Dubai Clear, DFM’s wholly-owned subsidiary, which serves as the central counterparty for all such securities lending and borrowing transactions

Wealthsimple deploys Eventus compliance solution
08 May 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The trade surveillance and financial risk solutions provider plans to introduce a wide range of enhancements to its Validus platform in 2025

Wematch.live hires Shrieves
08 May 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Annabelle Shrieves brings over 20 years of experience in financial markets sales, including a central role in the growth of Data Explorers

University Pension Plan Ontario becomes GPFA member
08 May 2025 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

UPP is Ontario’s newest jointly sponsored pension plan which aims to provide a benefit pension plan to guarantee sustainable pensions

SFS: Industry leaders outline challenges related to mandatory central clearing
07 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

‘The Future of US Treasury Clearing’ panel at the Securities Finance Symposium in Boston explored the operational, technical, and risk management implications of the US Treasury clearing mandate

ISDA to extend DRR to cover MiFID and MiFIR
07 May 2025 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The association is also working with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation to integrate the ISDA DRR into DTCC’s Global Trade Repository MiFID/MiFIR ARM

Eurex Repo trading volumes drop 14% YoY for April
07 May 2025 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This was driven by a 9 per cent YoY increase in GC Pooling average daily term-adjusted volume, and a 32 per cent YoY drop in special repo

European Council to exempt SFTs from T+1
07 May 2025 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

SFTs are financial transactions that allow investors and firms to use assets such as the shares or bonds they own, to secure funding for their activities