Leading the Way

Global Securities Finance News and Commentary

News by section

Latest news

Industry

Technology

People moves

Regulation

Buy side

Repo

Derivatives

ESG

All industry news

Broadridge acquires Itiviti to strengthen its capital markets capabilities

29 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Joining Broadridge represents an exciting next chapter for our business and team by creating a leading front-to-back capital markets technology and operations provider,” says Itiviti’s CEO Rob Mackay

Robinhood’s securities lending volume increased five-fold in 2020

25 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The no-fee trading app gained more than 3 million users in 2020, which led to Robinhood sitting on assets available to lend worth $4.63 trillion, held in customer margin accounts, as of December 2020

Thoma Bravo acquires Calypso

23 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Calypso’s technology allows its world-class customer base to navigate the highly complex and regulated capital markets with greater transparency and lower costs," says Thoma Bravo's Holden Spaht

Three of Australia’s largest super funds stop lending

22 March 2021 Australia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Since the onset of COVID-19 last year, three of Australia’s top-five largest superannuation funds, representing more than AUS 400 billion in AuM, have closed or significantly curtailed their programmes due to anti-short selling sentiment

BCS Global Markets taps Singh for securities finance top job

19 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Raj Karan Singh has taken over as global head of securities finance for boutique prime broker BCS Global Markets, after Christian von Gradowski moved elsewhere

SEC chair calls on index funds to carefully weigh SBL revenue and voting obligations

19 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The agency’s acting chair is calling for a review of the SEC’s 2019 guidance on proxy voting which she argues put too much emphasis on capturing incremental revenue from securities lending at the expense of exercising good corporate governance

Euroclear shifts €100bn of Irish securities from UK to EU operations

19 March 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The settlement of Irish securities worth around €100 billion traded on Euronext Dublin markets on 15 March took place in Euroclear Bank on 17 March

AXA joins GPFA

18 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

AXA Investment Managers joins the eight-month-old association, whose members now represent a combined $6.5 trillion of assets under management

HSBC completes first securities lending transaction in Saudi Arabia

17 March 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The global securities lending market sees Saudi Arabia as a key MENA growth market and the International Securities Lending Association is among international players seeking to act as handmaiden in the market’s development

Home

Facebook

RSS feed

News

Industry

Technology

People moves

Regulation

Buy side

Repo

Derivatives

ESG

Glossary

Magazine