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Regnology acquires Heywood Business Analysts
07 March 2025 South Africa
Reporter: Daniel Tison
The acquisition will integrate Heywood’s expertise in regulatory reporting and system integration with Regnology’s suite of regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology solutions
People moves
Crédit Agricole CIB appoints Jones
07 March 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
Former PASLA chairman Stuart Jones brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including within securities lending, to the role
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From Africa to Asia: An update on the market
After attending headline conferences held by the South African Securities Lending Association, and the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association, Carmella Haswell breaks down the key findings and lessons learnt from participant discussions
IMN: Opportunity, challenge, priority
In its 30th year, attendees of IMN’s Beneficial Owners’ conference explored the unravelling political scene, key emerging markets, and regulatory initiatives impacting the industry globally. Carmella Haswell reports
Asia panel
Industry experts take a look at the Asian markets, the ramifications of a lifting in the South Korean short selling ban, and the possible impacts developing technologies like AI and DLT will have in the securities finance space
The rundown on Asia
Market participants highlight the key securities lending markets capturing the industry’s attention and what each has to offer for Asia, as well as how retail investors and digital transformation is impacting the region. Carmella Haswell reports
Dash for the deadline
Following the SEC’s approval of FINRA Rule 6500 Series SLATE, Carmella Haswell speaks with industry participants on preparing for the upcoming regulation, and facing uncertainty in the wake of a Fifth Circuit Court case
Repo panel
Industry participants assess the landscape of the repo market globally, discussing the impacts of the US Treasury Clearing mandate, the application of modern technology, and positioning for growth
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Arcesium
Himanshu Bagr and Ashley Bell
Arcesium’s Himanshu Bagri, product lead, Treasury Suite, and Ashley Bell, vice president, Financial Operations, look at the importance of timely margin calculations when managing risk
Japan Securities Â鶹ӰÊÓ´«Ã½
Kenta Yamamoto and Kohei Takeda
With the end of the Bank of Japan’s monetary easing policy, the Japanese market is moving towards normalisation and garnering attention from global investors​, says Japan Securities Â鶹ӰÊÓ´«Ã½â€™s Kohei Takeda and Kenta Yamamoto
Broadridge
Paul Chiappetta
Paul Chiappetta, managing director, Digital Innovation, Capital Markets, Broadridge, looks at how distributed ledger technology is bringing efficiency and cost-savings to repo transactions
Japan Securities Â鶹ӰÊÓ´«Ã½
Kei Hashimoto
Following the introduction of margin transactions, Kei Hashimoto of the margin loan department at Japan Securities Â鶹ӰÊÓ´«Ã½ provides an update and user guide of the Japanese stock trading method
BNY
Brian Ruane
Brian Ruane, senior executive vice president, head of Global Clearing, Credit Services and Corporate Trust of BNY, sits down with Justin Lawson to discuss BNY’s Global Clearing business
PASLA
Stephen Howard
Stephen Howard, CEO of PASLA, sits down with Carmella Haswell to discuss how the association is shaping its membership for the future, looking back at three decades of serving APAC markets, and the upcoming conference
J.P. Morgan
Ed Bond
Discussing the evolution of the buy side, Ed Bond, global head of Trading Services at J.P. Morgan, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the move to insource, convergence with the sell side, and increasing optimisation of collateral
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News and people moves roundupA new clearing framework
Fran Garritt, CEO of ISLA Americas, sits down with Justin Lawson to discuss the upcoming US Treasury clearing mandate from an agent lender cash desk perspective, and addresses a critical need to raise awareness of the new rules for in-scope firms.ECB trials in review
In the first of two articles, Daniel Tison invites Clearstream, DekaBank, and the ValueExchange to share their key findings and future visions, following the completion of the ECB DLT trials.Margin replication and simulation
Arcesium’s Himanshu Bagri, product lead, Treasury Suite, and Ashley Bell, vice president, Financial Operations, look at the importance of timely margin calculations when managing risk.