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The securities finance regulatory horizon

For firms using derivatives and securities finance transactions, a wave of new regulatory amendments is demanding that they review their regulatory reporting architecture and adapt to changing reporting obligations. S&P Global, Market Intelligence, Global Regulatory Reporting Solutions’s Igor Kaplun and Ron Finberg offer guidance on managing this regulatory pipeline

Bridging the value chain

Comyno’s Markus Büttner and Frank Becker discuss the advantages of a single hybrid platform that covers the full securities finance value chain and has an established track record in the execution of blockchain-based trades

Conducting the great transition

Regulators need to grasp the nettle and provide transparency for firms, as specificity becomes vital in improving data quality, according to MarketAxess' head of post-trade Chris Smith. He speaks to Carmella Haswell on the firm’s RRH migration, current trends and next steps

UCITS funds turn their attention to securities lending

UCITS funds have historically shunned securities lending due to regulatory restrictions, but this is changing. Joanna Ksenzova, associate director of securities finance at RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Luxembourg, shares her insights on three industry developments which are transforming how UCITS funds approach securities lending

Rethinking the economics of indemnification

Securities lending indemnification is mispriced, subsidised by the agent providers and not all it’s cracked up to be as a risk mitigant, according to Credit Benchmark’s co-founder Mark Faulkner. He talks to Bob Currie about how to reset the economics of the agency lending market

The new era of data

Equating more data with more value is a notion that should be relegated to the past. S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Melissa Gow describes how the insight that solutions-based capabilities can offer is ushering in the new era of data

The making of CreateiQ

Linklaters’ Hannah Patterson Smith and Deepak Sitlani speak to Bob Currie about the development of the law firm’s data-first contract automation platform and the benefits this can deliver to the securities finance community

The regulatory push

Market participants discuss the potential for ESG regulatory governance for the securities lending product, following preliminary moves by the Financial Conduct Authority to improve trust and integrity in services sold as sustainable. Carmella Haswell reports

Distributed ledger technology: new designs for securities finance

DLT-based innovation is reshaping securities finance architecture and attracting new providers and consumers of collateral into the market. Bob Currie examines the development pipeline

Reverting back to the 70s

Presenting to the CASLA annual conference, Benjamin Tal, managing director and deputy chief economist at CIBC, provides a Canadian perspective on macro drivers that will shape the direction of the economy and financial markets. Carmella Haswell reports

Empty voting: back in the spotlight?

Recent action of an EU-based bank in borrowing stock to vote at a company AGM prompted criticism from industry working groups. Bob Currie examines the fallout from this widely-publicised case

Buy-side firms reassess how they access market liquidity

Buy-side firms are relying on agent lenders to explore different means of accessing market liquidity as the securities lending discipline evolves. Carmella Haswell reports

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