Global securities finance revenue climbs 8.6% for 2023, reports DataLend 03 January 2024 US Reporter: Sophie Downes The global securities finance industry generated US$10.7 billion in revenue for lenders in 2023, according to market data provider DataLend
S&P Global promotes Lloyd to head Cappitech 03 January 2024 Singapore Reporter: Sophie Downes Struan Lloyd joined S&P Global (formerly IHS Markit) in 2019 from CME Group where he acted as head of the APAC trade repository in Singapore
Citi hires Robinson as global head 03 January 2024 UK Reporter: Carmella Haswell Former J.P. Morgan global head Pitts Robinson has joined Citi as global head of securities financing product
Fechter steps down from Deutsche Börse Group 02 January 2024 Switzerland Reporter: Sophie Downes Tilman Fechter was head of strategy fund services at Deutsche Börse and was a member of the management board at Clearstream
Edaa delays shortening settlement cycle 02 January 2024 Qatar Reporter: Lucy Carter The move, which was originally scheduled for 2 January 2024, has been pushed back to March
ESAs propose extending the EMIR equity option exemption 21 December 2023 Europe Reporter: Sophie Downes The draft proposes a two-year extension to the equity option exemption from bilateral margining as well as issue a no-action opinion
EIB Group and BNP Paribas sign new securitisation transaction 21 December 2022 Europe Reporter: Sophie Downes The EIB Group has signed a synthetic securitisation transaction with BNP Paribas for a total amount of €106 million
ICMA survey shows outstanding value of €10,794 billion for June 2023 20 December 2023 Europe Reporter: Sophie Downes The survey analyses the value of outstanding repo plus reverse repo on the books of 62 participants before 14 June 2023
Baton partners with J.P. Morgan for collateral management optimisation solution 20 December 2023 US Reporter: Klea Neza The firms have partnered to enable tri-party clients to automate the optimisation of collateral to meet margin calls at a range of CCPs globally
ICMA welcomes four new members 19 December 2023 Europe, Korea Reporter: Sophie Downes Joining ICMA are Banque Nomura France, Wells Fargo Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Europe, Wells Fargo Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï International and the Korea Exchange
Davy Capital Markets goes live on Torstone post trade platform 19 December 2023 UK Reporter: Sophie Downes The capital markets firm is using the platform to help with both middle and back office processing and bolster its operational efficiency and regulatory compliance
Shkolnicova joins KPMG 18 December 2023 US Reporter: Sophie Downes Previously, Shkolnicova held a four year tenure as director of BNY Mellon, where she led client strategy and client solution design