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Standard Chartered (China) supports first securities lending deal via QFII

04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered assisted with the deal on the first day of the QFII rules changed to allow securities lending in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets in November 2020

Global securities finance revenue fell 7%, says IHS Markit

04 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit has reported that global securities finance revenue in 2020 was $9.3 billion, a 7 percent year-on-year decline

Global lender revenue fell 12% YoY in 2020, says DataLend

04 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Despite a year of pandemic-fuelled turmoil, which usually leads to strong returns in the securities finance universe, the market recorded $7.66 billion last year compared to $8.66 billion for in 2019

SIFMA releases negative interest rate checklist

23 December 2020 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association suggests that firms involved in securities financing should evaluate the scalability of existing operations and technology systems to accommodate large volumes of repo special issue trading in a negative environment

ANNA and GLEIF expands ISIN-to-LEI mapping service

16 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Twenty-two national numbering agencies have joined the ISIN-to-LEI mapping initiative to date with ISIN coverage across 41 jurisdictions

Calypso welcomes Bank of Ningbo to its Collateral Management system

10 December 2020 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Calypso Collateral Management system performs end-to-end automation of collateral operations centrally

Nigerian securities lending volumes skyrocket

09 December 2020 Nigeria
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In its most recent securities lending market report (published weekly), the Nigeran Stock Exchange details the eye-popping scale of the growth in securities lending volumes so far this year

Global securities lending revenues up for third month, says IHS Markit

08 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Global securities lending revenues for November was recorded at $742 million, down 1 percent year-on-year, but up 3.6 percent month-on-month, according to IHS Markit

Danish BEC selects Broadridge for SRD II

08 December 2020 Denmark
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Broadridge's SRD II solution is set to help BEC meet its regulatory requirements

Clearstream adds Spain and Portugal to Investor-CSD

04 December 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse’s post-trade services provider Clearstream has added Spain to its Investor-Central Securities Depository

REGIS-TR opens UAT for Brexit data migration

03 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TRs operating in both markets are engaging in a form of mitosis meaning the European and UK versions are entirely segregated entities with no access to either other’s data, other than during the data migration process

OCC sees YoY new loan uptick for November

03 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Options Clearing Corporation records its highest November ever for total cleared contracts, and second-highest month on record and its securities lending CCP activity on the rise from last year

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