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ISLA publishes new GMSLA legal opinion for Belgium
15 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Freshfields has supplied a final bankruptcy remoteness opinion under Belgian law to support the pledge version of the GMSLA

BNY Mellon clients can now collateralise Chinese assets
14 April 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Alex Pugh

According to BNY Mellon, until now, there has been no mechanism to allow participants to use Bond Connect assets as collateral

EACH responds to the EC Inception Impact Assessment on CSDR Review
01 April 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The association is pushing for the EC to review the current CSDR SDR in line with stakeholder comments to ensure that SDR is also implemented as one legislation

Women in Securities Finance unveils new website
31 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The industry group creates a space for women in securities finance to connect and advance their careers

CSDR: there are yet to be changes in industry behaviour
23 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

While BNY Mellon's Martin Smith notes that the penalty regime is fairly understood, he highlights that there is a question mark over what is going to happen with the buy ins

Clearstream veteran Elisa Poutanen joins HQLAᵡ
15 March 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Poutanen joins HQLAᵡ as it continues to expand both its client base and international reach

Will ESG drive the “ultimate look-through” on borrowed securities?
09 March 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Your stock is on its way! PASLA/RMA panellists discuss the prospect of an Uber-style asset tracking app to allow beneficial owners to ensure any lent securities comply with their ESG principles

Standard Bank expands agreement with GEPF to include securities lending services
03 March 2021 South Africa
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the new agreement, Standard Bank’s master custody and investment reporting mandate has been expanded to include securities lending among other services

HQLAᵡ appoints BNY Mellon’s Simon Squire to board
25 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The clearance and collateral strategist joins the collateral mobility firm from BNY Mellon following the bank’s recent investment in the blockchain-powered collateral mobility provider

GMSLA pledge docs now recognise BNY Mellon as a collateral manager
25 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA has released a new edition of its GMSLA pledge structure documentation which now supports BNY Mellon SA/NV as a collateral manager

BNY Mellon tackles settlement failures with Google Cloud
16 February 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The bank says the Google Cloud-powered tools could help clients forecast 40 per cent of daily settlement failures in the US treasury market which sees roughly 2 per cent of trades fail per day

BNY Mellon creates digital assets unit
12 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The unit will help clients address growing and evolving needs related to the growth of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, says the bank