The securities finance market is in a "state of flux" during implementation of several regulatory regimes, including the Central Securities Depositories Regulation, uncleared margin rules, the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation, says Paul Wilson, sales director for securities finance and collateral management at Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge's FastStart platform for securities finance and collateral management has updates aimed at meeting client needs pertaining to those regulations, Wilson says.

Global co-head of derivatives clearing and FX prime at Citigroup Sabrina Wilson has resigned, sources said, following her former co-head Chris Perkins who exited the role three weeks ago. Both are reportedly set to be replaced by current head of the division in North America Mariam Rafi.

After venture capitalists Sherrard Harrington and Aaron Wilson found conventional fundraising didn't work for them, they raised the funds they needed through networking and personal connections and invested in a startup that quickly got a valuation more than 100 times the amount of capital put into it. Now, their firm, Eonxi, is working to help create the next generation of VCs who are Black or from other underrepresented groups.

Virtual reality technology can help alcohol retailers map out their merchandising changes by allowing them to build a virtual version of their store -- complete with a finished floor plan, product layout and displays -- where they can try out changes and assess their impact, minimizing wasted time in the real world, according to Stephen Wilson, category and insights manager at field sales and retail marketing group Strikeforce. "Being able to conduct a category and layout review complete with data points in an hour or less simply by slipping on a headset is revolutionizing what were once big and complex changes to scope," Wilson writes.