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eSecLending hires Reeder

06 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ben Reeder joins the firm from EquiLend and will serve as vice president of trading

Philippine Stock Exchange confirms short selling guidelines

06 October 2023 Philippines
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The news follows regulatory approval regarding critical components of securities borrowing and lending — short selling can only function if a securities borrowing and lending programme is in place

BrokerTec provides repo trading as a spread to €STR

06 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The electronic trading platform and technology services provider says the new functionality offers further flexibility to clients, with efficient hedging for term repo trading

ESMA calls for evidence on shortening settlement cycle

06 October 2023 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The move aims to help ESMA assess the costs and benefits of a possible reduction of the settlement cycle in the European Union to T+1

Repo ADV up 38.9% YoY for September, says Tradeweb

05 October 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo average daily volume traded on the Tradeweb platform increased 38.9 per cent year-over-year to US$529.6 billion for September 2023

GCEX appoints Nabi as strategic business development consultant

05 October 2023 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in the UK, Nabi will be responsible for driving growth from institutional and professional clients

MarketAxess appoints Pavan

05 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Neelan Pavan, former product manager at Pirum Systems, joins MarketAxess as technical product manager for its post-trade product team

HKEX launches settlement acceleration platform

04 October 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Designed to create improved efficiency and transparency for the market, Synapse is the latest enhancement to Stock Connect — a mutual market access programme that connects Mainland Chinese markets with those in Hong Kong