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Cyber risk seen as top threat to financial markets says DTCC

07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation survey has revealed increasing concerns around inflation and climate change, with cyber risk reportedly the number one threat facing the global financial markets in 2022

State Street, Vanguard and Symbiont complete first live trade for FX forward contracts through blockchain

07 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street has completed the margin calculation process for a live trade of a 30-day foreign exchange forward contract through the use of Assembly, Symbiont’s distributed ledger technology

Nigeria counts down to CCP launch for exchange-traded derivatives

07 December 2021 Nigeria
Reporter: Bob Currie

NG Clearing gears up for its launch this week as West Africa’s first CCP, with live trades to be cleared before early January

Davies acquires Sionic

07 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Headquartered in London, Sionic specialises in technology transformation and digitalisation, international regulatory compliance, and risk management

Tradeweb reports November increase in repo trading activity

07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The total trading volume for November 2021 was US$24.2 trillion across electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, Tradeweb reports

Gino Timperio expands State Street role as Martin Tell retires

06 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Timperio will assume leadership of State Street’s securities finance division as global head of securities finance, Tell, plans to retire after 35 years in the financial services industry

Clear Street appoints Joseph DiMartino

06 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

DiMartino, former head of repo at MUFG, joins Clear Street as managing director, where he will oversee repo trading

Broadridge hires Steve Baker

06 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Baker will take on the role of head of repo, securities finance and collateral management for Broadridge’s New York office

LSEG to acquire Quantile Group

06 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The acquisition aims to accelerate Quantile Group’s product development, the launch of new services, expanding its network to better serve its clients

OCC securities lending loan values up 60% for November

03 December 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

OCC’s securities lending average daily loan value rises to US$138.4 billion for November, with total cleared contract volume hitting record levels for the clearing house

Mark Snowdon joins Standard Chartered

03 December 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Bob Currie

Snowdon moves into newly-created role in Hong Kong as head of insurance relationship management, financing and securities services for Asia, reporting to Simon Kellaway

ISLA and PASLA enter into new legal services agreement

02 December 2021 Global
Reporter: Bob Currie

Running from January 2022, the new agreement will encourage further standardisation and digitisation of securities lending documentation, providing mutual access for members to GMSLA annexes and related docs on the association websites

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