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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

US$100m repo facility agreed at COP28 to incentivise investments in Africa
04 December 2023 Abu Dhabi, Africa
Reporter: Sophie Downes

ADIA, LSF and Afreximbank aim to increase the liquidity of African Sovereign Eurobonds and incentivise sustainable development goals in Africa

CIBC Mellon to provide asset management services for Mackenzie
29 November 2023 Canada
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Global middle-office solution OnCore will be integrated into Mackenzie’s existing business applications, enabling enterprise growth. The service will be administered by BNY Mellon

BNP Paribas appoints Fox to head US agency lending
29 November 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business has appointed three new hires to support the growth of its client base in the US

Fnality raises £77.7 million in Series B funding
14 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

This fundraising round for the digital payments fintech was led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas with involvement from DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura, WisdomTree and a number of other investors

Tonic appoints Ashish Surothia as senior project manager
23 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

Surothia will focus on market and credit risk-related engagements

RMA: US banking regulators ‘failing’ to deliver on Basel III Endgame goals
13 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

US banking regulators are not delivering Basel III Endgame goals of improving risk sensitivity and comparability, panellists heard at the RMA Conference

RMA: US Treasury Clearing proposal to increase costs
13 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The anticipated US Treasury Clearing proposal has caused concern for some firms, which indicate that the costs of its implementation will outweigh the benefits

RMA: Interoperability requires consensus as fears of fragmentation continue
13 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Market participants fear that the move to increase interoperability could cause further fragmentation for the industry

RMA: Tax regulation: a 'labyrinth' creating collaborative opportunities
13 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tax regulation is a ‘labyrinth’ that is constantly changing, and is an entity that plays a prominent role in securities finance

Chiuch departs from Clear Street
10 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Chiuch initially joined Clear Street to form a new securities finance initiative aimed at improving the securities finance experience for Clear Street’s institutional clients

Danmarks Nationalbank to centrally-clear repo trades at Eurex
21 September 2023 Denmark
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Danmarks Nationalbank becomes the first Nordic central bank to onboard with Eurex for centrally-cleared repo transactions