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Bloomberg and Elwood Technologies partner for crypto
28 February 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bloomberg and Elwood Technologies have partnered to enable investments — from clients using Elwood’s cryptocurrency trading platform — to flow directly into Bloomberg AIM, a buy-side order management system

SEC targets better visibility into activities of large short sellers
28 February 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The proposed short sale disclosure requirement under Rule 13f-2 aims to strengthen the regulator’s ability to identify abusive trading practices, including short squeezes, and to reconstruct market events

SEC reopens 10c-1 trade reporting consultation
28 February 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US securities markets regulator voted on Friday to extend consultation around its proposed trade reporting for securities lending transactions, giving the industry a further two months to share its feedback

HilltopSecurities adds Carlo Esannason
25 February 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

HilltopSecurities has appointed Carlo Esannason as managing director of securities lending development and strategy

Lawyer extradited to Germany to face cum-ex charges
25 February 2022 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

Swiss authorities have extradited Hanno Berger, the German lawyer accused of defrauding the German tax authorities through ‘cum-ex’ trading and tax improprieties

Proximity and Computershare partner for US vote confirmation pilot
25 February 2022 United States
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Proximity and transfer agent Computershare have partnered to support an industry-led pilot intended to deliver end-to-end vote confirmations to improve the transparency of voting for investors and issuers

Russia’s central bank restricts short selling
25 February 2022 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of Russia has imposed a ban on short selling that came into effect on Thursday 24 February and will remain until further notice

Hanne Jepsen joins VERMEG
24 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Jepsen is positioned as VERMEG’s sales executive and will be covering client activity in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa

LCH SA links EquityClear to Cboe Europe and Aquis Exchange Europe
24 February 2022 France
Reporter: SFT

By connecting to additional European trading venues, LCH aims to extend netting, margining and operational efficiencies available to users of its Paris-based equity clearing service

NGX targets digital transformation
24 February 2022 Nigeria
Reporter: SFT

Since its demutualisation in March 2021, the Nigerian exchange has targeted a digital transformation agenda and growth of exchange-traded derivatives, securities lending and green finance markets

Global class action securities litigation tops US$3 billion, says Broadridge report
23 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Among the identified trends in the report, there was a rise in SPAC and cryptocurrency-related securities litigation, the first of which was the Block.one settlement

CalPERS hires Nicole Musicco as chief investment officer
22 February 2022 California
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Musicco is only the second woman to lead the investment operations at CalPERS and will direct more than 300 investment professionals