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Chile’s CSD looks to Nasdaq for sec lending platform
26 May 2017 Santiago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Nasdaq has been chosen by Chile’s central securities depository to create a securities lending accounting infrastructure as part of a major technology overhaul

Raccat launches securities finance dealership platform
25 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas’s David Raccat has decided to go it alone with the launch of Wematch.SecuritiesFinancing, a web-based tool aiming at disrupting the dealing process of securities financing markets

Northern Trust expands UAE operations
24 May 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has opened a new branch office in Abu Dhabi, as part of a continuing focus on business in the UAE

R3 raises record funds for DLT development
24 May 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The R3 group has raised $107 million in two tranches of fundraising, securing the largest ever investment in distributed ledger technology to date

Faber joins Actualize Consulting as collateral chief
24 May 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Actualize Consulting has brought on Mark Faber as managing director of collateral management services

EquiLend hires Hollyoake for post-trade team
23 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has secured Emily Hollyoake as a post-trade product specialist

Lacklustre T2S take up drives volume drop-off
23 May 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream warns of T2S’s failure to galvanise the market as its monthly volume slips 13 percent for April

IHS Markit signs Day for SFTR team
22 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IHS Markit has welcomed Stuart Day to its Securities Financing Transactions Regulation team

Exclusive: Justin Thiron joins Pirum Systems
22 May 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems have snagged EquiLend’s Justin Thiron for its first onshore presence in North America

LGPS board releases transparency code for managers
22 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Asset managers looking to claim mandates from the LGPS pooling initiative can now sign up to a new fee transparency code ahead of the April 2018 deadline

Canadian securities regulator expands T+2 proposals
19 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Canadian Securities Administrators has released its final proposal for the transition of mutual funds and equity and long-term debt to T+2 on 5 September

Chile to launch securities lending blockchain
18 May 2017 Santiago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Chile’s Santiago Exchange is partnering with IBM to leverage Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric for a short selling and securities lending blockchain solution by December