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Euronext announces migration of Italian derivatives trading to Optiq
03 April 2024 Italy
Reporter: Klea Neza

This migration is the last phase of the integration plan for Italian markets onto the Euronext single trading platform

DTCC CTM announces Societe Generale as first live client for PB triparty matching
03 April 2024 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

DTCC’s institutional central matching service CTM has gone live with its automated triparty trade matching workflow for prime brokers, with Societe Generale becoming the PB client to employ this solution

CME BrokerTec reports 9% rise in EU repo volumes
03 April 2024 Europe, US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

CME BrokerTec has reported a 9 per cent year-on-year increase in EU repo average daily notional value (ADV), generating US$299 billion for March

Kolasingh and Yared appointed to CASLA board
03 April 2024 Canada
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Their appointment occurred during the CASLA annual general meeting, which was held on 4 March

Securities lending revenues face 20% decline YoY for Q1 2024
02 April 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Securities lending revenues declined by 20 per cent year-on-year to US$2,748 million for Q1 2024, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data

OCC average daily loan value grows 24.3% YoY for March
02 April 2024 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has recorded a 24.3 per cent year-on-year increase in average daily loan value

European Central Bank selects Tradeweb for electronic trading platforms
02 April 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The electronic trading platforms will cover EUR-denominated bonds — including European government bonds, covered bonds and repo — US treasuries and Japanese government bonds

Chiuch swaps Clear Street for Curvature Securities
02 April 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert Chiuch will join the broker-dealer as director of special projects, bringing more than two decades of securities finance experience

Matrix Applications releases sec lending solution
02 April 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution is designed to address challenges facing financial firms — notably firms that want to expand into stock loan and which require the expertise or technology to build out the operational support

UK government gives the go-ahead for move to T+1
02 April 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Accelerated Settlement Taskforce report recommends that the UK should aim to move to T+1 no later than the end of 2027 — the government “fully endorses” this as firms require sufficient time to prepare for the transition

WISF’s Rathgeber to join Fidelity Agency Lending
02 April 2024 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Jill Rathgeber, former director of product and strategy at BNY Mellon, has joined Fidelity Agency Lending

SIX acquires FactEntry
28 March 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The acquisition was completed on 27 March and will enable SIX to provide a comprehensive and unified data offering to its customers, says the firm