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Hedge fund “titans” to spearhead Global PSSL workstream

15 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital, Gabriel Grego, managing partner of Quintessential Capital Management, and John Hempton, founder of Bronte Capital, will co-chair the new Short – Long Investments and ESG workstream alongside Radek Stech

Morgan Stanley launches fixed income ESG fund

14 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The fund is designed to be less carbon intensive than its index and will maintain a net positive alignment with the UN's sustainable development goals while also investing in green, social and other labelled sustainable bonds

LCH SA to offer clearing for Oslo Børs derivatives market

14 December 2020 Norway
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH has achieved its latest milestone in the expansion of trading venues by offering clearing services to the Oslo Stock Exchange’s derivatives market

Eurex Repo sees growth while GC pooling volumes fall

11 December 2020 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

GC pooling volumes were down 50 percent compared to the same month last year while the repo market sees a generous growth of 88 percent

J.P. Morgan executes intraday repo transaction using blockchain

11 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

By deploying blockchain, J.P. Morgan “creates new opportunities” to streamline operational processes and accelerate settlement for repo, says Scott Lucas, head of markets

South Korea to tighten penalties for illegal short selling

11 December 2020 South Korea
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Traders risk a year in prison and a $460,000 fine for naked short selling in South Korea, and must retain a five-year paper trail of borrowed securities under proposed amendments to capital market regulations

LCH RepoClear welcomes Clearstream as its first clearing member from Luxembourg

10 December 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Clearstream is the first member from Luxembourg to clear sterling debt at LCH and the first ICSD to become a member of RepoClear

DTCC to create “the most comprehensive pre-and-post-trade reporting solution”

10 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has acquired Publicis Sapient’s Compliance Management Reporting System and will integrate it with its own reporting hub to enable firms to better manage pre-and-post reporting processes

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

Eurex pioneers equity total return futures to encourage on-exchange trading

10 December 2020 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs are the first banks to use the new derivative following the recent completion of Eurex's pilot phase

More asset managers are turning to securities lending to boost performance, says BBH

09 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Brown Brothers Harriman surveyed more than 50, senior executives, collectively — collectively overseeing $18 trillion in assets under management and more than 115,000 employees globally, as part of its first buy-side market review

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

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