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GameStop was January’s biggest earner, global revenue starts strong

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

According to IHS Markit, January was most revenue generating month for US equity finance on record, with $41 million of the $453 million total coming from GameStop’s short squeeze

MarketAxess reveals increase in the monthly trading volume for January 2020

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for January 2021 totalled $575.3 billion, which consisted of $236.5 billion in credit volume and $338.8 billion in rates volume

WeMatch appoints Shane Martin

04 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Martin has joined WeMatch from JPMorgan Chase to take on the newly-created role of head of sales, securities finance

OCC sees securities lending activity increase YoY for January

03 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Average daily volume of securities lending trades spiked in January along with a modest uptick in new loans

Euroclear, CDCC and CDS to develop collateral management service for Canada

02 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The utilisation of CDS’ Post-Trade Modernisation settlement platform and Euroclear’s Collateral Highway will enable market participants to mobilise collateral assets across repo, securities lending, cleared and uncleared margin accounts

Don’t miss the impact of convertible hedging in AMC short interest, says IHS Markit

02 February 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Convertible hedging may have increased amid the surging share price, which partly explains the increase in share borrowing despite the apparent “face-melting short squeeze,” says IHS Markit’s Sam Pierson

LSEG successfully acquires Refinitiv

02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of this new transaction, BlackStone's Martin Brand, Erin Brown and Douglas Steenland joined the LSEG board

SEC fires warning shot at Robinhood for GameStop buy ban

29 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US SEC has offered a thinly-veiled warning to Robinhood that it will be investigating its decision to ban investors from buying several stocks that have surged in recent weeks

After GameStop backlash, Citron Research will no longer release short reports

29 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citron Research will stop publishing short seller reports after 20 years, with Andrew Left claiming “it’s completely lost its focus”, in recent years

GameStop: The real data story and what it means for securities lending

28 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

GameStop’s skyrocketing share price, led by retail investors mobilised on a Reddit forum, has captured the world’s attention with headlines citing short sellers' losses running into the billions of dollars, but does this tell the whole story?

MarketAxess reveals 2020 Regulatory Reporting Hub and SFTR profits and costs

28 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The firm’s post-trade business now boasts almost 1,000 active clients, including more than 500 new firms brought onboard as part of the RRH deal

Canadian pension plans ended 2020 on a high, Northern Trust data shows

26 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Northern Trust Canada Universe shows Canadian pension plans shrugged off a poor start to 2020, closing with 10 per cent gains for the year

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