A host of market drivers are pushing and pulling the collateral market in several directions at once, and the best way forward remains unclear. Industry experts attempt to unpick the challenges
ESMA has set about tackling the thorny issue of conflict of interests within central counterparties under EMIR, with the help of industry participants. Jenna Lomax examines the industry’s responses to the consultation
With the wave of incoming collateral rules far from breaking, it’s become a question of evolve or die. In this year’s SLT Collateral Annual, the industry’s best and brightest outline the current challenges and offer potential solutions. Drew Nicol reports on the talking points
The repo market has a chance to sculpt the EU Money Market Fund Regulation to relieve some of the stress that it would put reverse repo under as proposed. Drew Nicol examines the responses to ESMA’s consultation
Drew Nicol and BNY Mellon’s James Slater discuss the results of a joint research study with PwC exploring buy-side opinions on central counterparties, incoming collateral rules and the rise of peer-to-peer lending
SFTR dominated ISLA’s 26th Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference, but there was also room for MiFID II, Brexit, equities as collateral and more. Drew Nicol was there to report on the highlights
Getting to the final technical standards may indeed just mark the end of the beginning, but it is a significant milestone on this particular road. David Lewis of FIS Global maps out the rest of the journey to be made
Attendees of Finadium’s Investors in Securities Lending Conference heard how RWA ratings are influencing behaviour and peer-to-peer lending is on the rise
Tred McIntire, formerly head of Goldman Sachs Agency Lending and a member of the RMA executive committee, gives his thoughts on how Donald Trump’s presidency will come to bear on regulation of financial services
Industry experts from across the transaction chain outline the cost of SFTR’s reporting standards from both a technological and financial standpoint, and discuss possible solutions
