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ISLA welcomes WTS Hansuke as new member
10 July 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
Headquartered in London, the firm offers a client-focused approach, providing tailored securities finance, tax, and regulatory services to financial institutions
Repo
HKMA enhances renminbi bond repo business
08 July 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
Facilitating the participation of Northbound Bond Connect investors in the repo business, the authority welcomes two enhancements which will come into effect on 25 August 2025
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Paul Chiappetta, managing director, Digital Innovation, Capital Markets, and Christian Rasmussen, senior advisor at Broadridge, take a look at how generative AI can facilitate better treasury management
Hidden Road’s entrance into the fixed income and repo markets
Michael Santoro, head of fixed income and global funding group, and Robert Zambarano, managing director, macro and rates strategist at Hidden Road, explore the core operational inefficiencies facing the repo market and the firm’s next steps to evolve this space
The strategic imperative for a new era of market structure
Matt Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, discusses data analytics in respect of the repo market, shining a light on its value during periods of volatility, and the importance of client fairness
Pioneering new opportunities
Following significant demand for cash repos, collateral swaps, and TRS, Reona Sasaki, director of repo and securities lending (fixed income) at Japan Â鶹´«Ã½ Finance Co., analyses the JGB repo market
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J.P. Morgan and HSBC
Graham Gooden and Jamie Anderson
J.P. Morgan’s Graham Gooden and HSBC’s Jamie Anderson speak to SFT about the recent success of the first digital bond repo transaction, and how digital assets are increasingly becoming a part of the securities services landscape
DNB Carnegie
J. Kenneth Hage
Leading securities finance at DNB Carnegie, J. Kenneth Hage catches up with Carmella Haswell following the recent acquisition of Carnegie Holding and discusses how the firm is positioning itself within the Nordic market
Consultant
Andrew Douglas
Andrew Douglas speaks to Jack McRae about his career, T+1, and finding out what his 37 years in financial services has been leading to
MUFG
Ruth Ferris
Ruth Ferris, head of financing Asia at MUFG, speaks with Justin Lawson about the evolving landscape of the repo market, discussing recent trends, challenges, and prospects for the year ahead
Euronext
Yama Darriet
Euronext’s Yama Darriet, head of OTC capture and Repo Expansion Initiative, discusses the firm’s major step forward in strengthening collateral management and repo clearing capabilities across Europe
MarketAxess
Sunil Daswani
Â鶹´«Ã½ Finance Times speaks with Sunil Daswani, repo business lead at MarketAxess, about how the firm’s post-trade matching technology is transforming securities financing operations and addressing key industry challenges
SIX
Richard Gomm
SIX’s Richard Gomm, senior product manager, clearing, provides an introductory lesson on central counterparties, as well as a review of the impacts of recent developments on the repo market and upcoming central clearing regulation
EquiLend
Nick Delikaris
EquiLend’s Nick Delikaris, chief product officer, explores the firm’s journey to innovation through its multi-year initiative to achieve 1Source, and why building with the market beats building for it
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News and people moves roundupEU maps out transition to T+1
Carmella Haswell speaks to the market following the release of the EU T+1 Industry Committee’s high-level roadmap to transition to a shorter settlement cycle.Unlocking the repo market for digital bonds
J.P. Morgan’s Graham Gooden and HSBC’s Jamie Anderson speak to SFT about the recent success of the first digital bond repo transaction.Can we chat?
Paul Chiappetta, managing director, Digital Innovation, Capital Markets, and Christian Rasmussen, senior advisor at Broadridge, take a look at how generative AI can facilitate better treasury management.
