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La Salla takes helm at DTCC from August as Bodson retires
25 April 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

BNY Mellon veteran Frank La Salla to become president and CEO of DTCC, joining the company as CEO-elect in July. Mike Bodson retires after a distinguished 10 years in charge

Non-economic trade data, client onboarding and uncleared margin is where “change is particularly urgent” in post-trade, says BoE
25 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Bank of England has released a report which outlines that change is “particularly urgent” in the areas of non-economic trade data, client onboarding and uncleared margin when regarding better post-trade efficiency

KDPW_CCP granted approval to clear repo transactions on TBSP platform
25 April 2022 Poland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The clearing house will begin clearing conditional transactions concluded on the Treasury BondSpot Poland platform, having secured authorisation from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority

Scot Warren announces retirement from OCC
22 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After seven years with the Options Clearing Corporation, Warren will continue as chief operating officer until his planned retirement in 2023

ISLA publishes digital assets technology series
22 April 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The paper series explores the digital assets technology space and its connection to the securities lending and financing markets, with reference to smart contracts, distributed ledgers and blockchain

WeMatch expands securities finance and derivatives platforms with new hires
21 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Myriam Laroqua, Michael Dryden, Nora Assad-Russo, Ryadh Bakiri and Brendon Johns will join the firm’s London office

Matrixport hires Martin Lui as head of lending
21 April 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Lui will be responsible for the institutional lending and cross exchange execution business at Matrixport’s Hong Kong office

European Repo Survey reports 5.4% rise in outstanding repo value in 6 months to Dec 2021
21 April 2022 Europe
Reporter: Bob Currie

Total repo contract value outstanding on the books of 57 firms responding to the latest European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC) survey has grown to a record €9.2 billion, rising from €8.7 billion in the June 2021 survey and up 11 per cent YoY

State Street appoints Michael Knowling
20 April 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street has appointed Michael Knowling to head its global clients division

Legal opinion updates released for GMSLA and GMRA
20 April 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

ISLA and ICMA have released updates to legal opinions for the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement and Global Master Repurchase Agreement, the most widely used legal agreements for securities lending and repo transactions

Convergence to acquire Double N Advisors
19 April 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

DNA founder Carl J Versella will lead Convergence’s capital markets segment and management consulting practice

FactSet appoints Joel Kornblum to facilitate ecosystem growth
19 April 2022 Canada
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

FactSet has appointed Joel Kornblum to work with the partnerships and alliances team to help expand the firm’s ecosystem