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BME launches a new blockchain collateral pledge service

16 December 2019 Madrid
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Renta 4 Banco has already registered the first digital pledges via the platform, which was developed with the aid of BME subsidiaries, including BME Clearing (the Spanish CCP) and IBERCLEAR (a CSD)

RBC launches collateral management solution

12 December 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Natalie Turner

RBC I&TS has launched a collateral management solution leveraging technology from CloudMargin via IHS Markit to tackle UMR challenges

Eurex to take ESG offering global

10 December 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Eurex is set to introduce derivatives on sustainable versions of various regional and global benchmarks from March 2020

HQLAᵡ goes live with first trades

03 December 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS are among the first to have executed live transactions on HQLAᵡ’s DLT securities lending platform

Baton Systems and J.P. Morgan to automate derivatives margin payments

15 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Baton Systems has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to develop a distributed ledger technology platform to help redeploy cash and collateral balances more effectively to global clearinghouses

Citi launches UMR tool for buy side

13 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi can now help buy-side firms comply with IM requirements of the Uncleared Margin Rules through a new margin calculation services

Malaysia tests "first-of-its-kind" sec lending blockchain PoC

07 November 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bursa Malaysia said the PoC represents the beginning of “a longer-term holistic roadmap that leverages emerging technology to address challenges in the securities lending market”.

LEIs could conjure up cost benefits, says McKinsey & Company

31 October 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Adopting LEIs could result in savings of over $150 million annually for the broader investment banking industry, report claims

New UK fintech enters the securities finance market

03 October 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hudson Fintech has entered the securities finance market armed with a unique technology developed by the online gaming industry to streamline software updates and reduce testing time and costs for clients

Sibos: SmartStream introduces AI to existing managed service offering

25 September 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

SmartStream Technologies has introduced artificial intelligence into its existing managed service offering, which covers reconciliations, corporate actions, cash management and reference data

TCS launches SaaS platform for FIs to automate asset servicing

25 September 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Tata Consultancy Services is targeting asset managers and broker-dealers with its new TCS BaNCs Cloud for asset servicing, which automates the servicing of all classes assets across all markets

EXCLUSIVE: HQLAᵡ securities lending blockchain solution passes transaction tests

24 September 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank and ING were among the market participants that tested the front-to-back trade flow across the multiple layers of the HQLAᵡ operating model

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