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BME Clearing to be connected with SIX SIS

06 June 2022 Spain
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Spanish central counterparty, BME Clearing, and the Swiss Central Securities Depository, SIX SIS, are to be connected, following approval by the Spanish stock market supervisor, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores

BNY Mellon insurance subsidiaries receive affirmed ratings

27 May 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

A.M. Best, a rating agency of alternative risk transfer entities, has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a+’ (Excellent) for two BNY Mellon subsidiary insurance companies

Reporting entities launch APARMA association

27 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Six of the industry’s leading institutions have launched the Approved Publication Arrangements and Approved Reporting Mechanisms association, to be more commonly known as APARMA

DTCC blocks all activity to securities issued by Sberbank of Russia processed through its ITP Services

26 May 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DTCC has blocked all activity relating to securities issued by Sberbank of Russia via any DTCC Institutional Trade Processing service, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

SimCorp and Challenger to form standalone investment admin company

24 May 2022 Australia
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Investment management firm Challenger and SaaS investment management solutions provider SimCorp have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding in their partnership to launch a new standalone investment administration company

LedgerEdge integrates with thinkFolio platform

23 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The integration aims to increase access to corporate bond liquidity through utilising LedgerEdge’s DLT-based platform

EFAMA welcomes European Commission’s draft report for AIFMD and UCITS reviews

19 May 2022 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

European Fund and Asset Management Association has said it welcomes the European Commission’s draft report for AIFMD and UCITS reviews, authored by Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur, Isabel Benjumea

OSTTRA launches new service for repo trade confirmation

17 May 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Post-trade solutions company OSTTRA is to launch OSTTRA Trade Processing for Repos, in an effort to increase repo efficiency for the global market

ASIC releases second consultation paper for changes to its derivative transaction rules

17 May 2022 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has released its second consultation paper for proposed changes to simplify the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules

Tower Research selects Torstone for post-trade services

17 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tower Research will utilise Torstone’s platform for post-trade processing across all traded asset classes, globally. The SaaS solution will manage trade capture, accounting, reconciliations and corporate actions for the firm

Matrix Applications updates multi-asset trade lifecycle system

16 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Matrix Application has updated its QTIX trade lifecycle and collateral management system, which has been rebranded as ‘Elevate’ and will feature “enhanced functionality, streamlined workflows and back-end modernisation”

Envision Financial Systems partners with Refinitiv for subaccounting services

12 May 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Solutions provider Envision Financial Systems (Envision) has partnered with Refinitiv to leverage its BETA Securities Processing division in an effort to deliver an integrated brokerage and mutual-fund subaccounting solution

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