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Grinfeld joins Liquidnet from Morgan Stanley
10 April 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

He will work alongside fellow co-head, Brian Cashin, who was appointed in March 2022

Wematch.live appoints Patel as head of APAC coverage
10 April 2024 Asia
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Based in Hong Kong, Vinesh Patel will focus on developing partnerships and driving the adoption of the company’s securities finance platform in the APAC region

Mirae Asset Securities hires Singh
09 April 2024 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Raj Karan Singh will work alongside Alisdair Sutherland to jointly run the SecFin and D1 desk, as well as looking to provide a full scope prime offering in the near future

ESMA publishes first overview of EU SFT markets
09 April 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The market authority says that the findings provide the “first comprehensive market-level overview of the EU repo market”, based on information reported by market participants

Fondenergia selects BNP Paribas for securities lending services
09 April 2024 Italy
Reporter: Jack McRae

The Italy-based pension fund for workers in the energy sector will have access to BNP Paribas’ approach to technology and global operating model, as well as proxy voting and securities lending

Clearstream joins ECB trials to explore DLT for central bank money settlement
08 April 2024 Luxembourg
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Clearstream will connect to all three central bank digital offerings: Bundesbank’s Trigger Solution, Banca d’Italia’s TIPS Hash-link and Banque de France’s Full DLT Interoperability

Clearstream facilitates settlement for Baltic sovereign debt trades
08 April 2024 Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Sovereign debt instruments issued by the Baltic governments will have to be registered with Nasdaq CSD and listed on the Nasdaq Baltic exchanges to be eligible

TransFICC launches automated customer trading
08 April 2024 US, UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The new service will automate request for quote (RFQ) negotiation workflows for banks trading on dealer-to-client venues

Eurex Repo average daily volume rises 36% YoY for March
05 April 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Trading volumes on Eurex Repo, the electronic market for secured financing, have increased by 36 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to €414.6 billion for Marc

ISLA announces conference co-chairs Bains and von Burg
05 April 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The three-day event will take place from 18 to 20 June 2024 and will feature a mix of keynote presentations, panel discussions and networking events

Beeks partners with Securities & Trading Technology
05 April 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The offering will cover all aspects of exchange trading, from execution and risk management to surveillance, post-trade clearing and settlement processes

Shih joins Clear Street
05 April 2024
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Wim Shih will focus on building the firm’s prime finance algos and long-term strategy