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GPFA appoints Cherie Jeffries as US regional lead

01 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jamie Richards

Cherie Jeffries, director of fixed income trading at the State Board of Administration of Florida, has joined the Global Peer Financing Association following years of close collaboration with the association’s board

AMC Repo Clearing launches triparty solution for corporate bond financing

31 July 2023 India
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Mumbai-based clearing house has launched a triparty repo facility supporting financing against corporate bonds delivered as collateral

FCA updates guidance on regulatory reporting for short sales and SFTs

28 July 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

The UK financial regulator will extend temporary measures introduced in January 2022 relating to short sales reporting under UK RTS 22 and it will widen these provisions to SFT fields and other indicators

Cboe Clear Europe becomes new ISLA member

28 July 2023 Amsterdam
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ISLA has 190 members across 22 countries, representing all facets of the securities lending market including institutional investors, banks, broker-dealers and service providers

CFTC proposes elimination of securities lending trade restrictions

27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposes to eliminate a provision disqualifying securities issued by certain pooled investment funds that transfer assets through securities lending and borrowing, repo and reverse repo

Global securities lending revenues rise 20% YoY for H1 2023, says EquiLend’s Allen

27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Equities played a major role in the global increase in lending revenue, contributing US$4.42 billion in H1 2023 revenue, and representing an 18 per cent YoY rise, as highlighted in EquiLend’s half-year edition of The Purple

Michael Carty swaps Euroclear for LME Clear

26 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Michael Carty has stepped down from his role as CEO of Euroclear UK & International, a role he began in 2020

ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from UAE CCPs

26 July 2023 UAE
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Commission has highlighted “strategic deficiencies” in the UAE’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime and added the jurisdiction to its list of high-risk countries on 16 March 2023

Pirum hires Messina to North American team

25 July 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Gary Messina, former EquiLend vice president in client relationship management, joins Pirum as associate director of sales origination

Credit Suisse fined £87 million for Archegos failings

25 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed a fine of £87 million on Credit Suisse for risk management failures relating to its dealings with Archegos Capital Management, the limited partnership family office that collapsed in March 2021

AccessFintech appoints Daur as global head

24 July 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Christopher Daur, former Goldman Sachs veteran, joins AccessFintech as global head of buy-side sales and relationships

FCA to offer Digital Sandbox on permanent basis

21 July 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

The UK regulator will extend access to the scheme to a wider range of start-ups and allow data providers to list their data on the platform, extending access to over 200 synthetic, public or anonymised data sets

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