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GLEIF publishes Ecosystem Governance Framework for vLEI

07 February 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The framework defines the vLEI operational model and describes how the new ecosystem’s range of vLEI issuing stakeholders will qualify for and perform their roles in the Global LEI System

Proposed Form PF updates will extend reporting obligations for hedge fund advisers

07 February 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The SEC’s proposed amendments to Form PF reporting will require large hedge fund advisers to disclose extraordinary investment losses, significant margin and default events, and material change in the prime broker relationship for reporting funds

BME launches digital proxy voting service in partnership with Proxymity

07 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BME has launched its digital proxy voting service for shareholders’ meetings in partnership with Proxymity

Gemini acquires Omniex

07 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Gemini has acquired Omniex, a trading technology platform that provides order, execution, and portfolio management system solutions for institutional crypto trading

UBS appoints Ebru Ciaravino as executive director

04 February 2022 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ciaravino will join the bank’s Frankfurt office as executive director of exchange-traded derivatives and clearing sales for its European clients

Tradeweb reports YoY January increase for global repo activity

03 February 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo daily average volume was up 5.5 per cent YoY to US$346.5 billion for the month of January. The total trading volume was US$22.3 trillion for January, across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets

Regulators should review UCITS terms to make them more lendable, members tell BoE Committee

03 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

In a wide-ranging discussion, the BoE's Securities Lending Committee addressed agent lender disclosures, problems of lending UCITS, and pressure on lending revenues, according to the newly-released minutes of its November meeting