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FINRA Rule 6500 Series gets approved following amendments
06 January 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

On 2 January, the US Securities and Exchange Commission released an order approving the proposed rule change, as modified by Partial Amendment No.1

OCC average daily loan value up 10.9% YoY for December
03 January 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The Options Clearing Corporation saw a 21.12 per cent rise in average daily loan value for securities lending trades in 2024 compared to the previous year

DataLend: Global securities lending revenue down 10.3% YoY for 2024
03 January 2025 Global
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The market data service of EquiLend has revealed its annual snapshot of the past year

PASLA welcomes Maybank Investment Banking Group
03 January 2025 Malaysia
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The group provides services in corporate finance, debt markets, equity capital markets, derivatives, retail and institutional securities broking, and research

Securities lending revenues up 5% YoY in December
03 January 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The figure for December contributed to a total of US$2.9 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024, reflecting an 8 per cent YoY increase

Dinosaur Group Holdings selects Rahman to head GCCS
02 January 2025 US
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Robert Rahman will oversee the sales, trading, and research business globally within the newly created Global Corporate Credit Securities unit

Luxembourg Parliament adopts Blockchain Law 4
24 December 2024 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The move looks to expand the country’s legal framework to support the development of digital securities and tokenisation

ICMA welcomes new members
24 December 2024 Europe, Taiwan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA has over 620 members located in 70 jurisdictions representing different participants in the international capital markets

Al Rayan Bank and HSBC complete ESG KPI-linked repo transaction
23 December 2024 Qatar
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The structure includes sustainable performance targets that the AlRayan Bank aims to reach within the next three years

McNulty retires from EquiLend
23 December 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Kevin McNulty will leave his position as head of RegTech Solutions at the end of the year

ESAs to recruit Heads of Unit for DORA team
20 December 2024 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The heads of unit, serving the Joint Oversight team, will be assigned to each ESA

EquiLend’s NGT platform up 3% YoY in executed trades in November
20 December 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The yearly growth comes as demand was strong for US and emerging market corporate bonds. Despite this, the figure represents a 10 per cent decline from October