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BNP Paribas appoints Fox to head US agency lending
29 November 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business has appointed three new hires to support the growth of its client base in the US

Symphony incorporates Google Cloud’s Vertex AI for voice analytics
29 November 2023 US, UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Utilising Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, Symphony aims to enhance its Cloud9 voice product with speech-to-text fine-tuning and natural language processing features

Delikaris joins Digital Prime Technologies
29 November 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Nick Delikaris joins the New-Jersey based provider of digital asset technology solutions as special advisor to the board

SFTS: APAC underprepared for US T+1 transition, panellists say
28 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

As North America prepares for the T+1 transition, other jurisdictions must consider the impact on their own operations, panellists at this year’s Securities Finance Times Technology Symposium affirmed

UK government to loosen sovereign debt and CDS short selling restrictions under new regime
28 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The decision will see the removal of requirements currently placed on investors relating to short positions in sovereign debt and sovereign credit default swap contracts

Hazeltree appoints Scott Metro to lead cybersecurity strategy
28 November 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Metro brings more than 25 years of experience to his role of chief information security officer

Crypto derivatives trading structure to ‘evolve rapidly’, says Acuiti study
28 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Acuiti report explores attitudes towards elements of the market structure forged by native offshore crypto derivatives exchanges

S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals Novozymes and Petrofac as top shorted stocks
28 November 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

EquiLend launches Orbisa data on Snowflake Marketplace
28 November 2023 US
Reporter: Klea Neza

The move aims to provide hedge funds and buy-side firms a view into active securities lending markets worldwide

Only 2 of 31 G-SIBs fully compliant with BCBS risk data aggregation principles, report finds
28 November 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Almost a decade after publishing its BCBS 239 principles on data aggregation and reporting, extra work is required across the banking community to be fully complaint, according to a BCBS report published today

SFTS: ‘Two speed’ SFTR validation rules causing ‘growing level of divergence’
27 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Panellists at this year’s Securities Finance Technology Symposium in London discussed navigating the regulatory landscape, including Money Market Statistical Reporting, 10c-1 and the new SFTR validation rules

Saudi Exchange launches single stock options
27 November 2023 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Investors are now able to trade SSOs on four listed stocks as their underlying assets, according to the Saudi Arabia stock exchange