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Global Securities Finance News and Commentary

Securities finance news and commentary

Technology

G.H. Financials deploys Baton’s liquidity management platform

21 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

The implementation brings together Baton’s Balance Manager and Exposure Manager capabilities to provide a single, near-real-time view of cash balances, margin requirements, and collateral

People moves

Bigaud leaves Euroclear

21 July 2026 Belgium
Reporter: Theodore Law

Sylvain Bigaud most recently served in Dubai, as a senior executive officer and regional head for Middle East, Africa, and Turkey

Industry

London Stock Exchange launches new 24/5 trading venue

21 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

LSE 24 is designed to support near-continuous trading from Monday to Friday, providing global investors with greater flexibility

Industry

Korea Securities Depository completes first phase of next-generation system

21 July 2026 South Korea
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Industry

ESMA urges firms to finalise T+1 preparations

20 July 2026 Europe
Reporter: Theodore Law

Industry

Broadridge and Alpaca launch governance solution for tokenised securities

20 July 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

Together, the companies enable traditional and tokenised equities to support the ownership rights, transparency, and operational integrity expected in traditional markets

Industry

Nasdaq partners with National Bank of Georgia

20 July 2026 Georgia
Reporter: Theodore Law

The move aims to modernise the treasury and financial markets infrastructure across Georgia's banking sector

Repo

BoE works towards long-term reforms for gilt repo

20 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank will progress this work over 2026, publishing further analysis to inform the debate but warns that these are complex reforms which will take time

Regulation

FSS develops measures on single-stock leverage products

17 July 2026 South Korea
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

South Korea's financial regulator aims to strengthen investment requirements to stabilise demand by increasing the minimum margin requirement for single-stock leverage products

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Features

What risk management cannot promise

In the sixth instalment of this ongoing series, Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, head of securities finance and balance sheet strategy at Capteo: Strategy & Management Consulting, talks risks, repo, and cost

Paving the way for institutional entry

As digital assets become mainstream components of institutional portfolios, investors will expect the transformative benefits of these new assets to come with the same levels of trust they have in traditional assets. HSBC’s Fiona Horsewill, global head of Securities Services and Sean Mullins, global head of Digital Assets Product, explore

The weapon that never fires

In the fifth instalment of this ongoing series, Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, head of securities finance and balance sheet strategy at Capteo: Strategy & Management Consulting, looks at repo, collateral, and the chokepoints nobody put on the risk committee agenda

Preparing the Canadian market

Reviewing the Canadian Securities Lending Association 2026 conference in Toronto, Hansa Tote uncovers market themes, trends, and projections discussed by industry participants

Revenues reveal signs of recovery amid evolving demand dynamics

Matt Chessum, executive director, equity and analytic products at S&P Global Market Intelligence, evaluates the underlying trends in EMEA’s securities lending market and the region’s move into a more ‘constructive phase’

An industrial revolution in funding and financing

Clearstream’s Banu Apers and James Cherry underline the centrality of collateral management, lending solutions and liquidity to financial market stability, and discuss how a technology revolution is reshaping financial services

The evolution of securities lending: Toward a more direct and transparent market

Marty Tell, president and co-founder of Novellus, considers how regulatory capital pressures, evolving collateral structures, and emerging principal-to-principal models are driving a shift toward more direct, transparent, and capital-efficient securities lending markets

Converging markets in securities finance

Andy Wiblin, chief operating officer at GLMX, discusses the evolution of securities finance, from the blurring of boundaries among financing desks, to the integration of liquidity management frameworks between large banks and buy side firms

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Podcasts

Acadia Ahead of the Curve

Word on the (Clear) Street

eSecLending Insights

Making Sense

Interviews

Nuvo Prime

Up in the cloud: Reshaping prime brokerage

Nuvo Prime co-founders Andrew Bain and Claire Young speak with Carmella Haswell about the firm’s creation and how cloud-first platforms are redefining operating models

Goldman Sachs

When opportunity knocks

Thomas Duchemin, securities lending trader, agency lending at Goldman Sachs, speaks to Carmella Haswell about his time in European equities and the significance of human interaction

Tonic

Building scale in tokenised collateral

As tokenised collateral moves from proof-of-concept projects to production-scale deployments, questions around interoperability, regulation, and market infrastructure are becoming increasingly important. Tonic’s Chris Watts, CEO and co-founder, and Steven Czarnota, head of digital, discuss the industry’s progress with Zarah Choudhary

Komainu

Moving from concept to reality

With a growing interest in digital assets, Darren Jordan, chief commercial officer, Komainu, speaks with Carmella Haswell on how this market fits into the securities finance world and its impact on the collateral landscape

BNY

Evolving securities finance and collateral for the markets of tomorrow

Greig Ramsay, senior director, international client coverage, Global Collateral and Global Clearing at BNY, discusses innovation across the ecosystem and applying the correct market structure

EquiLend

AI in securities finance: A practical approach

EquiLend’s Nick Delikaris, chief product officer, provides insight into how the firm is thinking about artificial intelligence, how it should be applied, and next steps

Transcend

The devil is in the technical details

Transcend CEO Bimal Kadikar discusses the changing nature of conversations around tokenisation and the move to a hybrid market structure

Wematch.live

Wematch.live: Providing the digital market infrastructure for securities finance

The industry is no longer simply digitising, it is industrialising, says David Raccat, chief revenue officer at Wematch.live, who explores the changing market, sponsored access, and turning data into action

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Magazine

News and people moves roundup

Every second counts

Marc Biro, managing principal at Capco, discusses the SEC’s approval of 23-hour, five-day equities trading on both Cboe and Nasdaq, and the operational and technology overhaul ahead.

Analysing the Kingdom’s ETF market

With exchange traded funds becoming increasingly important in the securities lending market, Carmella Haswell explores this landscape in the Middle East following the selection of Saudi Arabia’s first market maker for ETFs.

Going for gold

Bringing together the finest in the financial sector, market participants gather for a night of celebration as we highlight innovation, leadership, and achievements driving the securities finance industry.

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