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CBA and Northern Trust trade Australia’s first green repo

14 December 2021 Australia
Reporter: SFT

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s green repo product has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a not-for-profit agency promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy, and evaluated against the global Climate Bonds Standard

Blythe Masters chairs Wilshire Digital Assets Advisory Group

14 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Masters is the founding partner of Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm, and brings more than three decades of experience to the newly formed group

UK regulators initiate review of banks’ equity finance activities

13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The joint letter, written in the shadow of the Archegos default, requires banks’ senior management to assess their equity finance businesses and associated risk management, reporting back by end of Q1 2022

VERMEG launches software solution to connect European banks into ECMS

13 December 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution enables European Banks to be ready for connection and operation with the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS), which launches in November 2023

Hg invests in Pirum

13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Pirum Systems has secured a new investor to drive its global growth strategy, with Hg sharing joint control with Pirum’s current major investor Bowmark Capital

First euro repo cleared via sponsored clearing model on RepoClear SA

10 December 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

RepoClear SA’s sponsored clearing service enables buy-side member firms to directly access repo clearing across 13 euro debt markets and €GCPlus

Clearstream’s global securities financing volumes grow in November

09 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The post-trade services provider has released its monthly figures, revealing a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in volume outstanding to €578.1 billion for its global securities finance business