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EquiLend’s Grant Davies joins the technology platform with more than two decades of experience within the securities finance industry

Orbisa, operated by EquiLend, offers buy side market participants a view into securities lending market activity

Benjamin Clark, former MarketAxess Post Trade relationship manager, joins EquiLend’s London team

Ben Reeder joins the firm from EquiLend and will serve as vice president of trading

The EquiLend 1Source ledger will retain a central record of the agreements made between counterparties in a securities lending transaction and is set to go live across the market in 2024

The new R₂S system will combine EquiLend’s existing recalls, returns and settlement monitor solutions in a single user interface

Equities played a major role in the global increase in lending revenue, contributing US$4.42 billion in H1 2023 revenue, and representing an 18 per cent YoY rise, as highlighted in EquiLend’s half-year edition of The Purple

Gary Messina, former EquiLend vice president in client relationship management, joins Pirum as associate director of sales origination

Gabi Mantle steps up to head EquiLend’s post-trade division, having served as head of post-trade client engagement since October 2019, with former post-trade product owner Iain Mackay moving to become product owner for RegTech Solutions in July 2022

The clearing solution will enable clients to trade and automatically submit through the Broadridge SFT Submission Service without a large change in operational processes, also enabling the user to benefit from EquiLend’s liquidity sourcing options

Securities lending revenue for Q1 2023 was the highest generating quarter since 2018, according to Matthew Ross, associate director of EquiLend Data and Analytics Solutions

The Canton Network is designed for institutional assets and built to unlock the potential of synchronised financial markets. Currently, 29 participants have joined the network, including EquiLend, BNP Paribas, Digital Asset and Deutsche Bӧrse Group