After bringing the securities lending business back into securities services, Deutsche Bank is on an ambitious goal to seek greater cross-product opportunities.
Recent expansions by retail brokers to facilitate securities lending programmes could further expand the market for institutional players.
National authorities are not expected to enforce the reporting obligations under SFTR as until 13 July 2020.
Despite calls for a delay to the securities finance regulation, service providers push forward with client testing.
UniSuper said the decision is aimed at curtailing the amount of short selling that has been sparked by the pandemic.
The investment builds upon ING’s earlier involvement with the platform, as its blockchain team helped develop the initial version of the HQLAx application.
ISLA gains backing for its securities lending council focused on new principals for sustainable securities lending.
TriOptima’s triResolve Margin collateral management service can connect clients to the SWIFT custody network for cash transfers and securities settlement.
Asset managers, custodians, brokers and institutional investors were asked to rate the importance of the five criteria in influencing their strategic approach to securities lending and ESG comes out last.
DTCC confirmed it has now onboarded Citadel, Franklin Templeton, Nordea Investment Management and PIMCO to its SFTR reporting service.