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Ascend Markets and M1X Global complete onchain repo agreement

23 October 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The trade was executed on the Stellar network, using USDM1 as collateral through Ascend��s institutional credit facility and priced at SOFR plus 10 basis points

Industry

Citi to establish wholly owned securities venture in China

23 October 2026 China
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The firm has received approval from the China 利卯郭肱 Regulatory Commission, granting it an onshore securities license which allows offerings of equities brokerage, securities underwriting, securities research, and principal trading services

People moves

Tradeweb appoints Goss

23 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

Andy Goss joins from Capula, where he served as head of financing, and previously held senior roles at UBS and Barclays

Industry

Euroclear Nordics joins Capital Markets Track of the Nordic Compass

22 October 2026 Norway
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Regulation

FRA approves model short selling contracts

22 October 2026 Egypt
Reporter: Theodore Law

Technology

ISDA launches AI traceability tool for DRR solution

22 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

The ISDA Digital Regulatory Reporting tracer agent will allow users to look back at the history of DRR decision-making to understand when and why coding choices were made

Industry

Luxembourg State Treasury issues first DLT benchmark bond in LuxCSD

22 October 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

The issuance was carried out through Luxembourg��s central securities depository, LuxCSD, leveraging the digital post-trade platform D7 DLT from its parent company, Clearstream

People moves

Euroclear promotes Eliet and Haegeman

21 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The appointments have been ratified by the Euroclear SA/NV and Euroclear Holding Boards, with Guillaume Eliet and Marie-Anne Haegeman expected to take up their roles of CEO and chief risk officer respectively from 1 January 2027

Regulation

ESMA specifies requirements on post-trade risk reduction services

21 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Meeting these conditions allows for certain OTC derivative transactions to be exempt from the clearing obligation under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation 3

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