EquiLend and BondLend, the securities finance industry trading and post-trade service providers, have launched Trade Match, which provides an automated way to compare pre-settlement, cross-product securities finance transactions.

EquiLend has received regulatory clearance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to operate its securities finance trading platform domestically in the market.

On July 1, Absa Bank, the South African banking entity of Barclays Group Africa, became the first-ever domestic South African entity to execute a securities finance trade via the EquiLend trading platform.

EquiLend has appointed Iain Mackay as Product Owner, Post-Trade Services, effective immediately. He is based in London.

A record number of trades were executed on EquiLend’s securities finance trading platforms in Asia in February.

A record number of trades were executed on EquiLend’s securities finance trading platforms on Thursday, February 6.