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Pirum appoints new CTO
11 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Phil Morgan has tapped Alex Rothwell to become Pirum's first chief technology officer and “supplement the depth of our technology bench” following Rajen Sheth's departure from day-to-day business

Symposium: Blockchain does not require a “big bang” investment
10 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Speakers from the Securities Finance Technology Symposium’s blockchain panel sought to dispel the myth that adopting blockchain is an all-or-nothing proposition

ISLA to combine ESG initiatives after ICSF closure
04 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has invited all relevant council members and partners to join its ESG working groups after the council is wound down and says it will take on the mantle of its work in advancing the sustainability agenda

AllianzGI to exit securities lending
02 November 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German investment management and insurance firm will close its securities lending desk in London by the end of 2020, less than a year after launching its in-house programme

RBC I&TS: Canadian pensions buoyed by positive performance in equity markets
30 October 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The median year-to-date return for Canadian defined benefits plans stood at 5.2 percent for the period ending 30 September

Former eSecLending CEO joins Sharegain as first US hire
28 October 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Based in New York, Peters will act as the vanguard of Sharegain’s move into the US following what it describes as a “significant uptick in demand” from US financial institutions for its services this year

Jonathan Spirgel joins Hazeltree from BNY Mellon
28 October 2020 New York
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Jonathan Spirgel has been hired as managing director and global head of cash and liquidity management at Hazeltree

Delta Capita hires Royal Navy veteran Peter Mayberry as delivery lead
21 October 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Delta Capita has appointed a former British nuclear submarines officer to lead client delivery

Cum-ex: legal opinions are no sure defence, warn tax experts
20 October 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

“What is clear that merely going through the motions of obtaining advice, which on the face of it may provide some comfort, will not afford a blanket defence,” Rahman Ravelli director tells SLT

RMA to create industry playbook for digital asset adoption
30 September 2020 Pennsylvania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

“Considering the resulting actions by securities lending market participants, the approach to handling this type of issuance may need to evolve and become more deliberate,” the RMA says in a new whitepaper

GLMX unites with Orchestrade for joint repo offering
29 September 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The new partnership aims to will provide greater trading and operational efficiency in global repo markets, by build pipes between the two firms’ platforms

ESMA: Regulators and tax authorities must unite to thwart cum-ex
25 September 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The EU securities markets watchdog is calling for national regulators to gain new powers to share information and crackdown on cum-ex tax fraud