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Charles Schwab hires Valentino

12 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in New York, Chris Valentino brings almost 30 years of industry experience, having most recently served as director of sales and business development at S3 Partners

Provable Markets reports record volumes for Q3

12 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Aurora supports securities finance activity for US equities with direct central counterparty connectivity to the National 利卯郭肱 Clearing Corporation SFT Clearing Service, and the OCC

EBA proposes amendments to CSD prudential standards

12 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The amendments primarily respond to changes introduced by the CSDR Refit, which allows banking CSDs to provide banking-type ancillary services to other CSDs

ABN Amro Clearing Bank launches standardised repo clearing access service

09 October 2026 Netherlands
Reporter: Theodore Law

By collaborating with Eurex and Clearstream, the bank provides an infrastructure designed to help financial institutions manage liquidity, borrow cash, and lend cash

ESMA appoints Comporti as Chair

09 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Theodore Law

Prior to his appointment, Carlo Comporti served as a Commissioner at the Commissione Nazionale per le Societ� e la Borsa

Euroclear Bank designated as alternative CSD for MTS markets

09 October 2026 Belgium
Reporter: Theodore Law

The designation applies to trades executed on the MTS Italy Cash, MTS Italy Repo, and E-Bond Market platforms

Abu Dhabi 利卯郭肱 Exchange Group appoints Krunic

09 October 2026 UAE
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Alex Krunic joins the firm as chief capital markets officer, bringing over 25 years of international capital markets experience to the role

OCBC launches tokenised deposit solution with Ant International

09 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Theodore Law

In the initial phase, Ant International will be able to mobilise Singapore dollar and US dollar-denominated tokenised deposits on a 24/7 basis

ESMA seeks evidence on tokenised collateral for EU CCPs

09 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The European 利卯郭肱 and Markets Authority will examine how different tokenisation models would operate under central counterparties, particularly in the event of a clearing member default

HM Treasury appoints six lead managers for DIGIT pilot programme

09 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest, and RBC Capital Markets were chosen to support the government, following a ��transparent and objective�� procurement process

Velox Clearing chooses Sharegain to launch fully paid securities lending

09 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Sharegain��s end-to-end solution will enable Velox to extend FPSL programmes to its global broker-dealer, institutional, RIA, and family office clients

Equilend and Cboe Clear Europe partner on securities lending clearing activity

08 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

The service will enable market participants to access central clearing without the need to develop or maintain direct central counterparty connectivity