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Navigating the complexities of the financial ecosystem

In today’s fast-paced and evolving financial industry, technological advancements are crucial for streamlining processes and complying with regulatory obligations. Comyno COO Frank Becker explores the firm’s securities finance solution

Bridging traditional and synthetic finance

David Raccat, Wematch co-founder and global head of securities finance, speaks to Bob Currie about the advance of the company’s cross-asset platform, digitisation of securities finance, and its ambition to be the number one TRS ecosystem worldwide

The fairest of them all

Best execution and fair allocation are inextricably bound in the business of securities lending. Mike Lambert, head of securities lending product, Securities Finance and Collateral Management at Broadridge, explores the challenges of algorithms and the fiduciary responsibilities of lending agents

Native digital assets – maximising the benefits of digitisation

In a two-part article, buy-side business process and technology specialist Dr Ian Hunt explores why the popular view of digital assets is wrong and outlines the benefits that use of native digital assets can bring to securities finance

US securities lending rules back in focus

S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Igor Kaplun and Matthew Chessum examine the progress of the SEC’s Rule 10c-1 proposals designed to enhance transparency for securities lending and borrowing trades in the US

Distributed Ledger Repo enters its next phase

After reaching a new milestone, Broadridge’s head of digital innovation for capital markets Horacio Barakat says the firm’s blockchain-enabled DLR platform will continue to expand to new use cases and trade types as it enters the next phase of rollout. Carmella Haswell reports

The repo market is dead, long live the repo market!

Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, consultant on repo markets and securities finance trades, argues that current inflationary pressures and central bank rate increases are delivering what 15 years of low interest rates have failed to do, reshaping a securities finance industry which has become vulnerable and outdated

CDM: promoting data standardisation across the trade lifecycle

Bob Currie reports on efforts to promote a common digital representation of lifecycle events for securities lending, repo and derivatives trades and examines what comes next on the Common Domain Model project agenda

Forming a tokenised economy

Industry bodies are working to create a safe environment for the mainstream adoption of digital assets. Carmella Haswell reflects on how market practice changes, regulation and advances in technology and standards will define this journey

Evolving perspectives

APAC markets are shifting to put collateral management at the forefront. Purtini Joshi, head of Collateral+ Asia Pacific business development at State Street, evaluates the evolving collateral space and how digital assets are adding new dimensions to the investment cycle

A tokenised collateral network

With little fanfare but significant long-term impact, J.P. Morgan’s Paul Pirie and Bhavna Haswani discuss the recently completed landmark transaction, moving a tokenised money market fund onto a blockchain. Leveraging this initial transaction, J.P. Morgan is exploring how to expand this offering in the coming months

Be prepared

Brian Bollen talks to industry participants about the potential impact of the SEC’s Rule 10c-1 and why opinions on its effectiveness continue to differ

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