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Robinhood confirms release of “fully paid” securities lending service

California-based trading platform announces the roll out of a lending service that will be available to “all customers” by the end of May, while Q1 transaction-based revenues contract 48 per cent YoY. SFT reports

A search for liquidity

Industry specialists reflect on challenges confronting buy-side firms in accessing repo markets, particularly under conditions of market stress, and what we can learn from recent experience. Carmella Haswell reports

Backing data-driven decisions

EquiLend’s Nancy Allen and Paul Lynch speak to Bob Currie about the launch of the company’s Data and Analytics division and opportunities this will create to apply data-driven intelligence to access liquidity and optimise return from securities financing transactions

The Securities Lending Market in 2022

Clients that elected to remain active lenders throughout 2021 have performed well, as have many beneficial owners and agents. But what does the coming year have in store for the securities lending market? Will 2022 see a continuation of the recent volatility and regulatory trends? And what else can we expect? BNP Paribas Securities Services shares its view on the current outlook for global securities lending markets

Taking stress out of mid-life events

The optimal way to manage mid-life trade maintenance is to transact on a centralised electronic trading platform that standardises traditional and complex trade structures and streamlines manual, risk-prone event workflows, says Sal Giglio, chief operating officer, GLMX

CCP Margin Exchange

Russell Pudney, executive director for platform sales, securities services at J.P. Morgan, outlines the bank’s new product offering, a hybrid triparty solution for delivering efficient mobilisation of CCP margin

Securities finance: a holistic approach to optimising your portfolio and alpha generation

Upgrading to a centralised data platform that provides real-time views can empower investors to leverage their assets and seize new opportunities to boost portfolio returns, says Northern Trust's Judson Baker and Mark Jones

Focus on transformation

Ben Challice, global head of trading services at J.P. Morgan, which comprises their collateral management and agency financing business, speaks to Bob Currie about how investments in their technology stack and a convergence of client service needs is driving evolution of the securities finance product set

UK SFTR validation rule revisions will not crack the data quality conundrum

Jonathan Lee, senior regulatory reporting specialist at Kaizen, examines the introduction of new SFTR validation rules in the UK, indicating that this is the time for firms to reassess their control environments, ensure that all in-scope transactions are reported and to consider implementing quality assurance

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