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Exclusive: FinOptSys' securities finance platform comes to market
07 May 2021
US

FinOptSys, a new financial resources, collateral and balance sheet optimisation platform, incorporating ‘true’ peer-to-peer trading functionality, has come to market promising, with backing from John Stracquadanio and Kevin Felix at Appia Ventures

SFT: Pandemic disruption inspired innovation in repo markets
06 May 2021
UK

Panellists at the SFT Technology Symposium hailed newly-invigorated tailwinds for technology adoption in repo markets, although there is still significant headroom for growth

FCA claims first scalp in cum-ex tax fraud campaign
06 May 2021
UK

The FCA has fined Sapien for facilitating a dividend arbitrage scheme by Solo Group and its underlying off-shore clients, which were all connected to Sanjay Shah, and illegally collected withholding tax reclaims from the tax authorities of Denmark an

OCC reports April cleared lending volume spike
05 May 2021
US

The average daily loan value recorded by the equity derivatives clearinghouse last month was up 87.5 per cent from the same month during 2020

SEC chair to testify at final GameStop hearing
04 May 2021
US

This week’s hearing will be an opportunity for committee members to present their policy recommendations to the SEC for rule changes to mitigate the risks similar future events may pose to investors and market stability

Sanjay Shah vs SKAT: A cum-ex legal battle explainer
28 April 2021
UK

The trial focused on the application of ‘Dicey Rule 3’ which states that English courts have no jurisdiction enforce a penal, revenue or other public law of a foreign state

Fidelity launches agency lending programme
28 April 2021
US

Fidelity Agency Lending expands the proprietary programme to asset managers and other institutions, with a digital platform offering enhanced automation, AI-powered loan decision functionality and “unique benchmarking and transparency” functions

High court dismisses Denmark’s £1.5bn cum-ex case against Sanjay Shah
27 April 2021
UK

A high court judge has dealt a “major blow” to tax fraud allegations by EU authorities against UK traders by dismissing the Danish tax agency's £1.5 billion dividend arbitrage case against Solo Capital founder Sanjay Shah

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