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ISLA forms Council for Sustainable Finance
17 December 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has formed a 'Council for Sustainable Finance', shortly after the world's largest pension fund partially withdrew from lending citing ESG-related conflicts

Nomura names new chair and board of directors for 2020
04 November 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nomura has made a series of management changes including appointing a new board chair and director

World’s largest pension fund scraps securities lending programme
03 December 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Japan’s public pension fund has called time on its securities lending programme citing a lack of market transparency as making it incompatible with its stewardship responsibilities

Exane expands US securities lending service
27 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Investment firm Exane has set its sights on expanding its securities finance and collateral management offerings with three new hires

UK CCPs to gain EU equivalency extension
18 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Commission’s vice president intends to lay down a proposal to renew the UK-EU CCP equivalence period beyond the March 2020 date, "to prepare for any eventuality"

Cannabis stocks remain high as Beyond Meat bows out
14 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Beyond Meat no longer owns the highest stock borrow fee in the US market, but cannabis sector borrow fees are holding their ground

Malaysia tests "first-of-its-kind" sec lending blockchain PoC
07 November 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bursa Malaysia said the PoC represents the beginning of “a longer-term holistic roadmap that leverages emerging technology to address challenges in the securities lending market”.

LEIs could conjure up cost benefits, says McKinsey & Company
31 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Adopting LEIs could result in savings of over $150 million annually for the broader investment banking industry, report claims

IHS Markit expands dividend forecasting services
22 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IHS Markit is expanding its analytics to more than double the number of companies covered by its dividend forecasting service

RMA: "Build your wolf pack, support each other, and don’t hire women just to tick a box"
18 October 2019 Miami
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Speakers at the Women in Securities Finance industry group panel discussion told a packed-out room on the first day of the Risk Management Association’s conference, that women do not need to go it alone while forging their careers and should focus

French withholding tax confusion to be resolved this year
16 October 2019 RMA 2019
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The French tax and regulatory authority is expected to publish new guidance by the end of the year to dispel market uncertainty around the country’s withholding tax on manufactured payments.

Victory Capital picks Citi for securities lending
03 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Victory Capital has selected Citi to provide its securities lending, fund administration, custody and exchange-traded fund services