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AccessFintech secures two senior hires
28 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Access Fintech has appointed Paynter Higgins from Collibra and Sarah Lloyd Parry from Avora to its executive management team to “support the company’s next stage of growth”

Bank of Canada expands securities repo operations
25 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Bank of Canada is changing the terms of its securities repo operations to to increase the availability of its holdings of Government of Canada securities

South Street Securities launches equity finance business
21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US broker-dealer aims to leverage its capital base and balance sheet to become a niche player in the hard-to-borrow space and provide multiple solutions regarding the financing of securities and collateral

Refinitiv appoints Jeroen Bakker as Dutch account manager
18 January 2021 Holland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bakker joins the US data analytics firm from Pierpoint Financial Consulting where he served as Benelux consulting lead

Greg Bunn joins CrossTower
15 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In his new role, Bunn will help build out CrossTower Capital Markets, a one-stop-shop for digital asset-focused institutions and traders seeking securities lending and trading finance

Morley swaps DB for MUFG
15 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Christopher Morley is the latest former Deutsche Bank employee to resurface at MUFG. He will lead the Japanese banking groups securities lending business in Luxembourg

MarketAxess appoints new COO for EMEA and APAC
13 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Raj Paranandi is set to depart UBS and join MarketAxess as its COO for EMEA and APAC in March

CFTC and ESMA sign second MOU on derivatives clearinghouse recognition
11 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The two market regulators last week signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cross-border supervision of US central counterparties licenced by ESMA under EMIR

HQLA^x secures €14.4m from global banks
11 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HQLA^x has attracted new investment for its DLT-powered securities finance platform, from BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup

ESG ETF assets surged three-fold in 2020
08 January 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The lack of securities lending programmes by ESG ETF is set to become a key battleground in 2021 with global AUM nearly tripling last year as launches proliferate, and performance skyrockets

FCA averts Brexit derivatives disruption
05 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority stepped in to avoid disruption in UK-EU derivatives trades following Brexit, in the absence of an equivalency agreement

ISLA puts ESG centre stage for 2021
21 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA's newly-launched ESG steering group is split into four key pillars: thought leadership, advocacy, regulation and best practice. Each will take on an element of advancing the integration of sustainable financing into securities lending