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Hedge

An investment made to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in an asset, typically involving derivative contracts like options and futures.

Hedge News

Industry
PASLA: Retail lending on a global scale

Industry participants reviewed the global retail lending landscape, as securities lending in Asia Pacific is no longer seen as exclusive to institutions

Regulation
SASLA: Facing wins and uncertainty in South Africa

Industry participants reviewed market developments and regulatory issues impacting the SFT markets at the South African Securities Lending and Collateral Management conference

Repo
GLMX and FlexTrade collaborate on repo workflow and execution

The new initiative with FlexTrade’s FlexONE OEMS and FlexTRADER EMS aims to provide clients with a comprehensive solution for managing the entire trade lifecycle

People moves
Saphyre appoints Kinnally

Former managing director of BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, Tom Kinnally joins the firm as senior relationship manager of bank strategy

Repo
GFF: Central clearing in Europe still requires a lot of work

A repo panel at this week’s Global Funding and Financing Summit brought together market representatives to discuss quantitative tightening and mandatory clearing in Europe

People moves
Societe Generale appoints Sanzone

Francesca Sanzone, former director of North American business development, has joined Societe Generale’s Prime Services department

People moves
PASLA selects Lai

Based in Hong Kong, David Lai will be directly supporting PASLA working groups that are central to the association’s membership

People moves
Pirum hires Cheyne to accelerate North American fixed income expansion

Former Citi director Reid Cheyne brings more than 25 years of securities finance and fixed income experience to the role