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Chadwick to retire
07 February 2025 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza
During his career, Mick Chadwick worked largely within the securities finance industry on both the sell side and the buy side
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MacKay departs EquiLend
07 February 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
After more than a decade, Iain MacKay, product owner for RegTech and post-trade solutions, will leave EquiLend
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IMN: New US administration takes centre stage
07 February 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
Panellists at The Beneficial Owners' International Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference discussed the major impacts of the US election on the market
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Asia panel
Industry experts take a look at the Asian markets, the ramifications of a lifting in the South Korean short selling ban, and the possible impacts developing technologies like AI and DLT will have in the securities finance space
The rundown on Asia
Market participants highlight the key securities lending markets capturing the industry’s attention and what each has to offer for Asia, as well as how retail investors and digital transformation is impacting the region. Carmella Haswell reports
Dash for the deadline
Following the SEC’s approval of FINRA Rule 6500 Series SLATE, Carmella Haswell speaks with industry participants on preparing for the upcoming regulation, and facing uncertainty in the wake of a Fifth Circuit Court case
Repo panel
Industry participants assess the landscape of the repo market globally, discussing the impacts of the US Treasury Clearing mandate, the application of modern technology, and positioning for growth
Funding and financing in an age of geopolitical uncertainty
Clearstream’s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast explain how Deutsche Börse Group’s cleared and uncleared repo services are helping cash lenders and borrowers to meet their liquidity needs across a wide range of market conditions
The future of repo?
As the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology starts to make real footholds in the repo market, Karl Loomes looks at the technology and the potential benefits it brings
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J.P. Morgan
Ed Bond
Discussing the evolution of the buy side, Ed Bond, global head of Trading Services at J.P. Morgan, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the move to insource, convergence with the sell side, and increasing optimisation of collateral
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Scott Brown and Johan Rasmusson
Ahead of this year’s Deutsche Börse GFF Summit, Securities Finance Times sits down with Scott Brown and Johan Rasmusson, both EMEA Sales Directors, S&P Global Market Intelligence Corporate Actions & Securities Processing, to discuss trends, challenges, and most importantly, solutions in the corporate actions space
Euroclear
Accelerating change along the Collateral Highway
In a transformative year for the world’s leading financial market infrastructure groups, Securities Finance Times sits down with Marije Verhelst, head of product strategy and product development, Collateral Management and Securities Lending at Euroclear, to discuss how the company is addressing the market trends
SmartStream
Scott Kaffl
Scott Kaffl, consultant at SmartStream, highlights the challenges the company’s clients have faced with EMIR Refit, and considers how the industry is progressing in the wake of the regulatory go-live
BNY Global Clearing
Victor O’Laughlen
Victor O’Laughlen, executive platform owner at BNY Global Clearing, discusses in-house versus outsourcing, and how 2025 will bring about the next step in the industry’s evolution
SIX
Jose Manuel Ortiz Repiso Jimenez
With the interest rate landscape as a backdrop, and following on from its acquisition of BME Group, Jose Manuel Ortiz Repiso Jimenez, head of Clearing and Repo operations, SIX, talks to Justin Lawson about central clearing
Fidelity Agency Lending
Jill Rathgeber
Jill Rathgeber joined Fidelity Agency Lending in April as vice president of product and strategy, bringing over 30 years of industry experience to the new position. She explores her move to the firm, key focuses that will shape the business line's strategy, and her work with Women in Securities Finance
Tiger Brokers
Keith Lee
Tiger Brokers’ Keith Lee, CFA, managing director, APAC head of securities finance and borrow, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the company’s SBL expansion in Asia, as well as the evolution of SBL in the retail investor space
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News and people moves roundupUnderstanding Japanese margin transactions
Following the introduction of margin transactions, Kei Hashimoto of Japan Securities Finance, provides an update and user guide of the Japanese stock trading method.30 years of supporting growth
Stephen Howard, CEO of PASLA, discusses how the association is shaping its membership for the future, reflects on three decades of serving APAC markets, and previews the upcoming conference.Asia panel
Industry experts take a look at the Asian markets, the ramifications of a lifting in the South Korean short selling ban, and the possible impacts developing technologies like AI and DLT will have in the securities finance space.
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