Daily news for the securities finance industry en-us /securitieslendingnews/regulationarticle.php?article_id=228499 The European Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï and Markets Authority imposed the highest ever fine on a trade repository due to the firm not complying with key organisational obligations laid down in EMIR and SFTR Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:07:39 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/regulationarticle.php?article_id=228499 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228498 The firm, which aims to empower clients with enhanced pricing through aggregated volume and trading opportunities, joins as the first ‘approved broker’ of its kind in the programme Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:36:26 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228498 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228497 The partnership will allow Norges Bank Investment Management to embed independent, consensus-driven credit intelligence into its counterparty selection, collateral assessment, and risk monitoring frameworks Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:50 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228497 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228496 This builds on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s previous engagement with RepoClear after joining as the first Australian member of RepoClear at LCH Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:54:55 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228496 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228495 The report is the ninth in a series of guides on domestic repo markets, joining guides covering China, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Korea, to name a few Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:17:05 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228495 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228494 Michael Gibbons joins the firm from Morgan Stanley where he was senior leader of the firm’s global cross-asset futures business Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:56:33 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228494 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228493 Anita Hill Sands, founder and managing partner of Intuition Financial Placement, joins WISF as co-lead of the virtual chapter, where she will work alongside Erika Flemming Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:25:32 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228493 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228491 Chloe Shepherd joins the firm from Citi where she spent more than two years working in the credit and repo trading space Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:32:26 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/peoplemovesarticle.php?article_id=228491 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228490 Obtaining an European Central Bank licence will provide access to deposit-based funding and create a foundation for offering lending and other banking products directly to customers Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:32:24 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=228490 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228489 The initiative builds on the existing agreement between both firms, under which Iberclear already facilitates the settlement of Spanish, French, and German government bond trades Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:38:23 -0700 /securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=228489