OCC’s Oberon Knapp reveals key developments within OCC’s securities lending strategy, and how the organisation is incorporating new technologies to re-architect and modernise its core systems
Mohideen Abdul Khader, director of collateral optimisation at BNY Mellon, discusses the increasing client demand for optimised portfolios and what building blocks the firm is creating to attain this on a global scale
EquiLend’s global head of trading solutions Mike Norwood and head of trading for EMEA and APAC Rowena Brown discuss the increase in electronic trading within the securities finance market and what cutting-edge technology is in store for market participants
Mirae Asset Securities’ (USA) head of repo, Lara Hernandez, head of securities lending, Keith Wright, and recently appointed head of prime brokerage, Rob Sackett, share their thoughts on competition in the financing markets and Mirae’s ambitions as it builds its product offerings
Head of sales at HQLAX Elisa Poutanen speaks to Carmella Haswell about improving collateral mobility and interoperability, industry collaborations and adapting to keep up with client demands
Tonic chief executive and co-founder Chris Watts reflects on the origins of the company, how consultancy models are changing, and why it recently chose to rebrand
Following on from our policy update on CSDR settlement discipline in SFT 309, EquiLend associate director for post-trade solutions Gabi Mantle reflects on how CSDR fails reporting and cash penalties has impacted settlement efficiency and market behaviour
Carmella Haswell speaks to Ernst Dolce, head of liquidity solutions at AXA Investment Managers, on the mounting pressures facing markets and the firm’s top priorities
Reflecting on a State Street career spanning more than three decades, the bank’s global head of securities finance Gino Timperio speaks to Bob Currie about service innovation, capital efficiency and the need to be prepared for the unexpected
Brian Ruane, CEO of BNY Mellon Government Securities Services Corporation and Clearance & Collateral Management, recently met with Justin Lawson to discuss the firm’s growing collateral business and the first phase of the new user interface for their flagship application, AccessEdge
Donato D’Eramo, head of securities finance at RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS), speaks to SFT about his team’s projections for Canada’s securities lending market, its commitment to data innovation and CASLA’s regulatory focus for the year ahead
Anne Taieb, Wematch’s head of product, securities financing, explains how their product has established industrial scale for synthetics, but can be easily adapted to other areas of securities finance with the objective of offering cross-asset synergies between synthetic and physical products
