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Sovereign wealth funds were steadfast during pandemic turmoil

14 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors maintained exposure to risk assets in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by State Street and the IFSWF shows

Wematch adds second component to optimiser for TRS trades

11 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

After the launch of lifecycle and optimiser features on TRS financing trades, Wematch has released a second component covering TRS naturals trades.

S3 Partners extends free access to shorting and securities finance app

11 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

BLACK App PRO offers users a new suite of short interest and securities finance screening tools, analytics, and data. Users can also help mitigate risk during this volatile time, S3 says

Securities lending revenue stumbles in April

06 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending revenues last month totalled $700 million, a decline of 14 percent compared with April 2019, data from IHS Markit shows

ICSDs held firm during Q1 volatility, says Fitch Ratings

06 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Fitch Ratings has given Europe’s ICSDs a clean bill of health following the first-quarter volatility, with an uptick in securities financing trading volumes contributing to bumper revenues

OCC sees another volume climb in securities lending

06 May 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The largest equity derivatives clearing organisation sees another leap in securities lending volume as its total cleared contracts continues to rise

OCC to overhaul securities lending infrastructure with DLT system

05 May 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC is working with fintech firm Axoni to become the first CCP to utilise DLT for its securities lending clearing system

ECB steps up liquidity support with new operations

04 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank is launching a new series of longer-term refinancing operations, called pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations, to provide banks with further liquidity support

ISLA bolsters pledge GMSLA with new legal opinions

01 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The opinions on bankruptcy remoteness support ISLA’s collateral pledge GMSLA by assessing the nature of the borrower’s rights in the pledged collateral and the impact on those rights of the insolvency of the custodian and the lender

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