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S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals Novozymes and Petrofac as top shorted stocks
06 December 2023 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

S&P Global Market Intelligence has released the top 10 highest shorted equities across the UK and Europe with a minimum market capitalisation of US$10 billion

Tradeweb reports 35.2% increase YoY in repo ADV for November
06 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Repo average daily volume traded on the Tradeweb platform increased 35.2 per cent year-on-year to US$534.7 billion

Craig Nickerson joins Xceptor
06 December 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Nickerson has more than 25 years of industry experience and joins the company from software firm RSA Security, where he was chief financial officer

Eurex Repo average daily volume rises 65% YoY for November
06 December 2023 Germany
Reporter: SFT

This year-on-year growth was driven by a 160 per cent YoY increase in GC Pooling average daily term-adjusted volume to €179.9 billion and 27 per cent YoY growth in special repo average daily volume to €222.5 billion

Global sec lending revenue falls 4% YoY for November, says DataLend
05 December 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The global securities finance industry generated US$781 million in revenue for lenders, a 4 per cent month-over-month increase from October

GLMX eclipses US$2.0 trillion in daily system balances
05 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The record follows GLMX’s success at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards in July of 2023, where they were awarded Trading System of the Year

Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association partners with Clear Street
05 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

As part of the collaboration, Clear Street will open a new office in West Palm Beach, which will be home to senior leaders of the company’s investment banking team

OCC average daily loan value up 28% YoY for November
05 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The Options Clearing Corporation has recorded a 28 per cent year-on-year increase in average daily loan value for securities lending transactions cleared in November

Zodia Custody integrates with Fireblocks
05 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the Fireblocks Network, the digital asset custodian’s institutional clients will be able to access digital assets and transfer them across their accounts

MUFG opens Malaysia operational centre, appoints Puneet Gupta
05 December 2023 Malaysia
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The centre will provide a full range of fund accounting administration and asset services for MUFG Investor Services clients in Asia, and will support the firm’s 16 locations

Planixs releases liquidity data insights solution
05 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The new offering is designed to provide accessible and actionable data and analytics, while delivering risk, revenue, regulatory and business resiliency insights

ISLA launches version 5.0 of the CDM
04 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Released in November, the update will be hosted on FINOS and feature technical, product and event improvements