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LSF becomes Euroclear direct member
13 May 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

In addition to the new membership, the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility has defined for Euroclear a standardised Africa GC triparty repo basket

Oegerli retires from Zürcher Kantonalbank
13 May 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Based in Zurich, Felix Oegerli was most recently head of trading, sales, and capital markets

BNY hires Mehra as Head of APAC Securities Financing and Global Collateral
12 May 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Based in Hong Kong, Nehal Mehra brings more than a decade of experience in the financial services sector to his new role

MarketAxess acquires majority control of RFQ-hub
12 May 2025 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Following the acquisition, MarketAxess holds around a 90 per cent controlling stake in RFQ-hub

GLMX reports 80% YoY spike in Q1 ADV
12 May 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

In the context of significant market volatility in early March, GLMX supported a record daily volume of over US$1.5 trillion

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