BNY Mellon has launched enhancements to its securities finance platform to help clients analyse their agency securities lending program alongside their sustainability goals. Delivered through an interactive dashboard, clients can apply ESG scores based on third-party data across their lendable portfolio, collateral and cash investments to help them evaluate alignment with their individual ESG goals.…
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SS&C partners with Coinbase
SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. With the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody. Coinbase Prime is a platform built specifically for institutions providing secure custody, smart order…
State Street’s GlobalLink goes digital
State Street has upgraded GlobalLink, a suite of digital multi-asset trading solutions, with the launch of GlobalLink Digital. The new service enables customised workflows, and a seamless user experience across the full suite of GlobalLink solutions and third-party partners. GlobalLink Digital’s functionality has been designed to enhance services, solutions and automation, allowing institutions and applications…
Yomoni outsources to SGSS
SGSS has been chosen by Yomoni, a France-based investment management company, for its I-DEAL execution and trading solution, a fully outsourced trading desk that covers the entire value chain for all asset classes and markets. Founded in 2015 and regulated by the AMF, Yomoni offers online savings management for individuals, with EUR687m (USD660m) AuM. Alexis…
HQLAx collaborates with Wematch
HQLAᵡ, the distributed ledger for securities finance and repo, and Wematch, a fintech company offering web-based tools and solutions to enhance the dealing process, has formed a collaboration to enhance the mobility of collateral assets in securities finance transactions. This will pave the way for any of the 90 legal entities and 900 traders already…
Northern Trust recommits to FX Global Code
Northern Trust has renewed its statement of commitment to the FX Global Code. By renewing the statement, Northern Trust is committed to adhering to the code and its principles when acting as a market participant in the foreign exchange market. The FX Global Code is a set of principles of good practice in the FX…
Arcesium partners with Fund Connect
Arcesium, a U.S.-based investment services fintech and administrator, has partnered with State Street Fund Connect, a global trading and analytics platform, to provide mutual clients with a consolidated view of their cash portfolios and a single point of access to multiple markets and fund providers. With the support of Arcesium’s Treasury Suite and Fund Connect’s…
BNY Mellon and Goldman Sachs settle first HQLAᵡ agency securities lending trades
BNY Mellon and Goldman Sachs have successfully completed the industry’s first agency securities lending transactions using the HQLAᵡ distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. As part of the combined series of 35-day term transactions, HQLAᵡ created ISIN-level securities trackers called digital collateral records (DCRs) from loaned securities it received from BNY Mellon, giving Goldman Sachs a…
State Street appoints head of APAC global markets
State Street has appointed Henry Quek to head the global markets business for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he has oversight of FX, securities finance and portfolio solution businesses across the APAC region. Quek joined State Street in 2004.
Northern Trust makes senior management changes
Northern Trust has appointed John Turney as global head of Front Office Solutions. Turney, who has led the foreign exchange business (GFX) since 2018, reports to Melanie Pickett, head of asset owners, Americas. Marisa Kurk replaces him as head of GFX. Kurk joined Northern Trust as chief operating officer for GFX in 2019 and was…