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SFTS: Securities lending, TRS and repo are still in the Dark Ages

25 May 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“Securities lending, total return swaps and repo is still in the Dark Ages,” said panellist Shane Martin of Wematch.live, when commenting on manual processes in trading at this years’ Securities Finance Technology Symposium

Clear Street closes $165m Series B funding round

24 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The funding round marks Clear Street's first venture capital raise since inception and brings its valuation to US$1.7 billion

Zodia Custody links to Fireblocks network

23 May 2022 UK, US
Reporter: SFT

Zodia Custody, a Standard Chartered Bank subsidiary, has extended access for its institutional customers to the Fireblocks Network, providing linkage to more than 1000 liquidity providers, lending desks, trading venues and counterparties

LedgerEdge integrates with thinkFolio platform

23 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The integration aims to increase access to corporate bond liquidity through utilising LedgerEdge’s DLT-based platform

Saxo Bank implements Adenza ControllerView to automate regulatory reporting

19 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Adenza will support the Saxo Bank’s multijurisdictional capital and liquidity reporting requirements throughout Denmark, Switzerland and the UK, with plans to expand into the Netherlands

Broadridge forms agreement to provide joint connectivity with FIS

18 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The agreement will allow mutual clients to benefit from straight-through processing between FIS’ Securities Lending Processing Platform and Broadridge’s SFT Submission Service, which will aid NSCC’s SFT Clearing Program

StoneX executes first Bitcoin cash-settled swap

18 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

StoneX Markets' institutional FX division made USD cash-settled crypto swaps available for trading to institutional FX clients earlier in May

Paxos and State Street partner on T+0 pilot

18 May 2022 Untied States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street has established a partnership with Paxos, through which it will integrate State Street custody services into the Paxos Settlement Service

OSTTRA launches new service for repo trade confirmation

17 May 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Post-trade solutions company OSTTRA is to launch OSTTRA Trade Processing for Repos, in an effort to increase repo efficiency for the global market

ASIC releases second consultation paper for changes to its derivative transaction rules

17 May 2022 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has released its second consultation paper for proposed changes to simplify the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules

Tower Research selects Torstone for post-trade services

17 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tower Research will utilise Torstone’s platform for post-trade processing across all traded asset classes, globally. The SaaS solution will manage trade capture, accounting, reconciliations and corporate actions for the firm

Matrix Applications updates multi-asset trade lifecycle system

16 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Matrix Application has updated its QTIX trade lifecycle and collateral management system, which has been rebranded as ‘Elevate’ and will feature “enhanced functionality, streamlined workflows and back-end modernisation”

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