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RMA cancels conference due to COVID concerns

27 July 2020 Philadelphia
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The RMA has cancelled its physical securities finance and collateral management conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will now pivot to a digital version

Short sellers hold their positions despite Tesla surge

27 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Ortex data shows a group of resilient short sellers are holding out despite surge in Tesla share price as they seek to profit from a “hype premium”

Cowen partners with n-Tier

24 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Cowen partners with n-Tier to complete a successful go-live of its Consolidated Audit Trail reporting using their compliance workbench platform

GPFA aims to increase peer-to-peer trading in securities lending and repo markets

24 July 2020 Boston
Reporter: Natalie Turner

A non-profit association has been formed with four pension plans all focused on achieving peer-to-peer trading

Northern Trust sees securities lending revenue boost

23 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US bank sees another increase in 2020 for its securities lending revenue in the second quarter

Hudson Fintech expands business development team

23 July 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The capital markets technology firm gain two new senior executives for business development

Broadridge selects Pierpoint as training provider

23 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Broadridge is investing in its associates through learning and development programmes provided by Pierpoint Financial Consulting

IHS Markit and Cassini partner to automate margin estimate calculations

23 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

IHS Markit has partnered with Cassini Systems to automate margin estimate calculations on its multi-asset investment management platform thinkFolio

Huge trade volumes reported under SFTR

23 July 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Firms in scope for phase one and two of SFTR reported just shy of 1.5 million securities financing transactions in the first week since go-live, reveals ICMA