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MarketAxess extends emerging and frontier markets liquidity to Egypt, Hong Kong and Serbia

18 November 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

“Investors are increasing their exposure to emerging markets, including frontier markets, in the face of increased demand for yield, broader index inclusion and easing of pandemic-linked monetary policy,” says MarketAxess’ Kevin McPherson

ION appoints Robert Cioffi as global head of equities product management

18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Cioffi, former UBS Investment Bank executive director, brings 25 years of experience to the role which he will oversee at ION’s London office

Pirum launches Trade Risk Manager ahead of settlement discipline regime live date

18 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Trade Risk Manager offers front-office risk management and workflow tools that help users to ready themselves for enactment of the CSDR settlement discipline regime (SDR) and to manage a wider set of post-trade risks

German banks execute real-time securities lending trade on blockchain

17 November 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

DekaBank and Metzler Bank finalise DvD securities lending transaction on DekaBank’s blockchain-based digital securities platform, reducing previous collateralisation and custody overheads according to trade participants

Acuiti: Sell-side needs investment and automation in derivatives reconciliation

17 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The most significant causes of inefficiencies in derivatives post-trade reconciliation are lack of data standardisation, outdated software, and fragmented data sources, according to a new report by market intelligence firm Acuiti

GMEX MultiHub launches Digital MultiHub for traditional and digital asset markets

17 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MultiHub is designed to address platform interoperability and time to market challenges as well as addressing the lack of standards still apparent across multiple blockchains and traditional infrastructure

Standard Chartered executes ESG ‘use of proceeds’ repo with Saudi National Bank

17 November 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Bob Currie

Proceeds from this US$250 million repo transaction will be allocated towards several large renewable energy projects and green initiatives in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region

EquiLend, PASLA and RMA release 2021 Asia Pacific user guide

17 November 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: SFT

The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association and the Risk Management Association, working in collaboration with EquiLend, have released the latest version of their APAC Securities Lending Market user guide, covering 14 markets in the region