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DTCC appoints Jennifer Peve as head of strategy and business development

21 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Peve will have responsibility for the firm’s global corporate strategy, digital product development and strategic partnerships and alliances reporting to DTCC president and CEO Michael Bodson

Tesseract completes fundraising to power growth of its digital asset lending solutions

21 June 2021 Finland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Institutional ownership of digital assets will rise from 10 to 30 per cent within four years, predicts Finland-domiciled digital lender

AcadiaSoft rebrands to Acadia

21 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of the refresh, Acadia is working with the industry to evolve the risk function from measurement to integrated management

Pakistan securities regulator issues green bond guidance

21 June 2021 Pakistan
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan says green bonds will help initiate sustainable projects in the fight against climate change as well as giving issuers of debt securities the opportunity to diversify their sources of financing

BNY Mellon’s Mark Militello joins ASIFMA board

18 June 2021 Japan
Reporter: Alex Pugh

ASIFMA’s board of directors — the association’s governing body — is composed of 28 senior representatives from member firms, including BlackRock, Bank of America and BNP Paribas

Fintech S3 debuts stock squeeze risk score on Bloomberg Terminal

18 June 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

S3 Squeeze will allow clients to determine whether stocks are at risk of a potential short squeeze and will help risk managers to incorporate new risk factors into their investment processes

ICSD Clearstream partners with Saudi securities registry to streamline access to vast capital market

17 June 2021 Saudia Arabia
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Eligible clients now have access to the Middle Eastern country’s Islamic and corporate bond market and listed ETFs thanks to an indirect linkage established via HSBC Saudi Arabia acting as local custodian for Clearstream