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MTS and Wematch partner to digitise workflow for IRS voice trading
28 February 2023 France
Reporter: SFT

This solution, MTS Swaps by Wematch.live, aims to digitise voice trading in rates swaps, combining benefits of voice and electronic platforms through offering additional voice negotiation supported by digital workflow

Wematch.live platform hits US$150 billion in ongoing notional value
13 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The milestone follows the firm’s announcement that the platform had reached US$5.8 billion in average daily matched volume in January

Wematch appoints Demoulin
30 January 2023
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

UBS veteran Stéphan Demoulin joins the dealing workflow platform as head of sales and relationship management for EMEA securities finance, where he will help to accelerate Wematch’s expansion in the region

Wematch appoints Hochstadter
23 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ed Hochstadter, former J.P. Morgan veteran, joins Wematch as head of securities-based lending sales and coverage for North America, where he will focus on developing US securities lending coverage and product development

Wematch welcomes Levin to head securities lending product
10 January 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ross Levin will lead the strategic direction of Wematch’s securities lending module as head of securities lending product

SFTS: Securities finance needs standardisation
29 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Securities finance-as-a-service, golden source transaction records and standardisation are areas of particular interest as the industry looks to the future, panelists said

HQLA^X, J.P. Morgan, Wematch and Ownera confirm feasibility of cross-ledger DvP repo
06 October 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

This simulated transaction demonstrated how securities ownership rights recorded on HQLA^X’s DLT-based ledger could be exchanged simultaneously against digital cash recorded on J.P. Morgan’s DLT-based book of record

Martin to oversee Wematch's global securities finance, sales and client coverage
03 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Shane Martin will sit on Wematch's executive committee and will guide the firm's strategic direction and global commercial expansion

HQLA^X and Wematch announce collaboration to improve collateral mobility
13 September 2022 Luxembourg, UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration agreement will enable traders using Wematch’s trade execution platform that are also customers of HQLA^X to input securities lending IoIs on the Wematch platform, with settlement confirmed on HQLA^X

Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards debuts in London
17 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A night attended by leading figures in the securities lending and financing industry, the SFT Industry Excellence Awards announced big winners and raised charitable donations for Mind

Wematch welcomes Craig Walker to securities financing team
30 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Walker has joined Wematch’s securities financing team from Credit Suisse as senior sales executive

SFTS: Securities lending, TRS and repo are still in the Dark Ages
25 May 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“Securities lending, total return swaps and repo is still in the Dark Ages,” said panellist Shane Martin of Wematch.live, when commenting on manual processes in trading at this years’ Securities Finance Technology Symposium