Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Finance Times | rss daily news feed Daily news for the securities finance industry en-us Daiwa Capital Markets America welcomes Perlmutter and Gillespie /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228406 John Perlmutter and Christopher Gillespie will play key roles in expanding the firm’s equity finance department, leading Delta One strategies and enhancing financing capabilities Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:38:28 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228406 IIFM and ICMA get greenlight for shari’ah-compliant repo project /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228405 The decision marks a definitive step toward resolving long-standing liquidity management challenges within the Islamic finance industry Fri, 09 Jan 2026 04:23:20 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228405 Vermeg’s Megara to support Swift SR2025 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228404 The achievement covers three key domains: securities settlement, corporate actions, and collateral management Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:11:56 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228404 Repo ADV climbs 15.6% YoY for December, reports Tradeweb /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228403 Average daily volume across all asset classes for the month on the Tradeweb platform reached US$2.8 trillion, up 27.5 per cent YoY for December Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:04:06 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228403 MUFG to establish a universal bank in the European Union /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228402 The universal bank, headquartered in Amsterdam, will enable the Tokyo-based firm to expand the range of support provided to clients Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:03 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228402 Broadridge’s DLR platform reaches US$384 billion ADV for December /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228401 The rise in average daily trade volumes underscores institutional adoption of tokenised real-asset settlement at scale, the firm states Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:05:21 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228401 DTCC receives approval for new agent clearing service /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228400 Approval from the US SEC enables the firm to offer the service within FICC’s ACS offering, and through BNY’s Global Collateral Platform Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:09:05 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228400 BrokerTec US repo rises 13% YoY for December /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228399 The platform experienced increased activity due to year-end funding dynamics, the Federal Open Market Committee decision to lower rates, and increased US Treasury issuance Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:32:58 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228399 Pirum selects Bhaskaran as chief product officer /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228398 Joining the firm with two decades of industry experience, Vinod Bhaskaran will focus on AI-powered data analytics capabilities and T+1 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:19:50 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228398 Global securities lending revenue soars 26% YoY for 2025 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228397 Figures from EquiLend Data & Analytics show loan balances hit US$4 trillion for the first time, while the lender-to-broker market generated a record US$11.7 billion in revenue Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:53:37 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228397