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Repo

A form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities, where the dealer sells the government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.

Repo News

Industry
DTCC launches new capabilities to service

These changes were made ahead of the SEC's deadline for mandatory clearing of covered US Treasury cash activity and repo activity, set for 31 March 2025

People moves
Pirum welcomes Corral as Head of Collateral Services

Following his departure from J.P. Morgan, industry veteran Ed Corral will now assist Pirum with its US expansion

Repo
CME Group to launch BrokerTec US Treasury CLOB in Chicago

The new central limit order book will be co-located next to CME Group’s US Treasury futures and options markets to support trading between cash and derivatives markets

Repo
Clearstream facilitates first triparty repo transaction in Taiwan

Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank partnered with ANZ Banking Group in this transaction, with Clearstream acting as a triparty agent

Repo
Indonesia Stock Exchange launches repo transactions on SPPA

Users of the Alternative Market Organizer System can now conduct repo transactions by underlying debt securities, especially sovereign debt instruments

Technology
TreasurySpring collaborates with Kyriba to launch public API

Kyriba customers will be able to access TreasurySpring’s suite of wholesale cash products ranging from collateralised repo from international banks to government securities and corporates

People moves
Schmid departs securities finance

After seven years in securities finance and four years at Basler Kantonalbank, Robin Schmid is now leaving the industry

Repo
Hidden Road launches fixed income prime brokerage platform

The new platform will initially support fixed income repo and global funding services following the firm’s recent approval as an FICC clearing member