OCC sees an increase in securities lending 03 April 2020 Chicago Reporter: Natalie Turner OCC reports its highest volume month ever for US equity options, with securities lending on the up
LCH appoints new head of Japan 03 April 2020 Japan Reporter: Natalie Turner A former CME director has been appointed as head of Japan for the UK clearing house
ICMA achieves highest membership in a decade 02 April 2020 Switzerland Reporter: Natalie Turner Pirum, Cantor Fitzgerald and Tradeweb are among the new joiners that have taken the association’s membership to just shy of 600
Hazeltree and HedgeLegal release UMR guide 02 April 2020 New York Reporter: Natalie Turner Hazeltree and HedgeLegal publish a guide for hedge fund and asset managers on UMR
Wematch platform gains tax ID exchange tool 01 April 2020 London Reporter: Natalie Turner Wematch is enhancing its trade negotiation model with a new tax ID sharing tool for lenders
Broadridge: Friedhoff retires, Crowther steps up 01 April 2020 New York Reporter: Natalie Turner Broadridge has promoted its vice president of securities finance and collateral management to replace Jerry Friedhoff as general manager
US Fed to open temporary dollar repo facility for central banks 31 March 2020 New York Reporter: Natalie Turner The US Federal Reserve to open a temporary repo facility in April to provide dollars to central banks
COVID-19 delays spread to MiFID II 31 March 2020 Paris Reporter: Maddie Saghir MiFID II has become the latest regulation to see its timetable undermined by the business disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
EU MMF Regulation reporting timetable amended 31 March 2020 Paris Reporter: Natalie Turner ESMA has given money market fund managers more time to file their reports as the XML schema for reporting is not ready
DTCC expands board of directors 31 March 2020 New York Reporter: Maddie Saghir DTCC adds two new industry veterans to its board of directors
IG Group to shake-up PB market with new consolidated services suite 31 March 2020 London Reporter: Drew Nicol IG Group has set its sights on being the new challenger in the prime brokerage space with its newly-launched IG Prime services suite
SMPG steering committee re-elects Clearstream’s Armin Borries as chair 31 March 2020 Prague Reporter: Maddie Saghir SMPG was created in July 1998 and since its launch has established a local presence in more than 30 countries through national market practice groups
