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Legal opinion updates released for GMSLA and GMRA

20 April 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

ISLA and ICMA have released updates to legal opinions for the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement and Global Master Repurchase Agreement, the most widely used legal agreements for securities lending and repo transactions

Convergence to acquire Double N Advisors

19 April 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

DNA founder Carl J Versella will lead Convergence’s capital markets segment and management consulting practice

PolySign set to acquire digital fund administrator MG Stover

14 April 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

US technology company PolySign is to acquire digital fund administrator MG Stover to offer its institutional investor clients a custody and administration offering for cryptocurrency and digital assets. The acquisition is expected to complete in Q2 2

BrokerTec launches next-generation Stream platform

13 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Existing BrokerTec Stream clients will migrate to the new platform in Q4 2022 for enhanced processing times, faster market data, as well as liquidity and matching opportunities

FIS joins forces with Fireblocks for access to digital asset wallet technology

13 April 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

FIS has partnered with Fireblocks, a digital asset custody, transfer and settlement platform, to move, store and issue digital assets, and gain access to self-custody digital asset wallet technology

DTCC and Digital Dollar Project test CBDC in trade clearing and settlement

12 April 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has released a prototype, developed in collaboration with The Digital Dollar Project, to examine how a central bank digital currency (CBDC) may operate in the US clearing and settlement infrastructure

Provable Markets forms alliance with FIS

12 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The partnership will integrate Provable Markets’ Aurora service and FIS’ Securities Lending Processing Platform, to allow NSCC members and sponsored access firms entry to DTCC’s SFT Clearing Service

Goldman Sachs completes acquisition of NN Investment Partners

11 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The €1.7 billion agreement will integrate NN Investment Partners into GSAM, with the Netherlands becoming an important location in Goldman Sachs’ European business and a ‘centre of excellence’ for sustainability in public markets investing