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GPFA gains 11th member, outlines 2021 vision

25 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With the combined lendable assets of its members now north of $6 trillion, the buy-side association aims to use its clout to affect positive change for the more than 5 million underlying pensioners and public sector workers it represents globally

MM Warburg settles cum-ex tax bill; seeks to recoup from Deutsche Bank and others

25 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As of December, the German private bank has paid €155 million to tax authorities but is putting its former service providers on notice that it does not plan to eat the loses alone

ISDA’s master agreement goes digital

22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISDA has made its master agreement digitally available on ISDA’s Create platform, as part of the rollout, the ISDA clause library is also being added to the platform

Northern Trust sees YoY revenue growth

22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has continued the trend of agent lenders achieving year-on-year (YoY) growth for 2020 despite lacklustre returns in Q4

Citi executes first SBL trade in Romanian securities

22 January 2021 Romania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With the addition of Romania, Citi now supports securities lending in 74 markets

South Street Securities launches equity finance business

21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US broker-dealer aims to leverage its capital base and balance sheet to become a niche player in the hard-to-borrow space and provide multiple solutions regarding the financing of securities and collateral

Lawrence Au joins The Securities Services Advisory Group

21 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Based in Hong Kong, Lawrence Au is an independent consultant and offers consulting services on securities services, custody, fund administration, pension funds and fiduciary services

James Arnett to head up Capco’s APAC business

21 January 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

James Arnett will be based out of Capco’s Hong Kong office, and will relocate from London once travel restrictions are lifted

BNY Mellon achieves YoY lending revenue growth despite headwinds

21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

BNY Mellon reported a decrease in securities lending revenue for last quarter of 2020 but saw a modest YoY growth in its full-year earnings from its agency lending business

UK court rejects argument that Brexit makes European Arrest Warrants void

21 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A Rahman Ravelli legal team attempted to apply a habeas corpus defence to their client who is facing charges of cum-ex tax fraud in Germany, but argument was ruled invalid

LSEG to complete Refinitiv acquisition next week

20 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LSEG has confirmed that completion of its all-share acquisition of Refinitiv will occur on 29 January following European Commission approval last week

GLEIF enhances LEI search engine

20 January 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The value delivered by the LEI search engine is growing as the use of the LEI system expands around the world,” says CEO GLEIF Stephan Wolf

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