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Cum-ex in 2021

2021 has already seen a flurry of activity by European prosecutors restarting their campaigns against individuals thought to have profited from cum-ex schemes after COVID-19 scuppered most legal action last year. SFT offers a guide to what will likely be a busy year for litigation

Red flags for securities lending and ESG?

Roy Zimmerhansl, practice lead at Pierpoint Financial, revisits the news that DWS pulled one of its ETF’s securities lending programmes as part of its transition to tracking an ESG index and examines whether there are lessons to be learned or warning signposts as ESG continues to increase in importance

Trading and technology

Fran Garritt, the RMA’s director of global markets risk and securities lending, interviews Charles Schwab’s Eric Lytle and OCC’s Matt Wolfe about how institutions can ease the adoption of new platforms and products and achieve a downward sloping cost curve for the securities lending industry

A new era in collateral management

Collateral management in the derivatives space has been on a decade long journey that is nearly at its end with the final two phases on UMR on the horizon. AcadiaSoft’s head of community development Mark Demo, explores what happened and outlines what’s to come

Actionable analytics and tools to optimise margin requirements

The events of 2020 brought the risk of margin volatility into sharp relief. Ingvar Sigurjonsson Managing director, funding and collateral solutions team, State Street Global Markets reviews what happened and what can be done to mitigate future upheaval

Spoilt for choice

Would securities finance and derivatives markets benefit from a consolidated master agreement? The International Swaps and Derivatives Association thinks so

All I want for 2021 is ...

SFT asked 21 firms about their 2021 wishlist. Adapting to the new regulatory environment was the most popular answer alongside further modernisation and a return to normality post-COVID. Interestingly, ESG was not a dominant trend

Can cash collateral and negative rates mix?

With markets still in the throes of COVID-19, the threat of negative interest rates still looms large for the securities finance industry, with major consequences in store for those reliant on cash collateral and reinvestment. SFT delves into what happens if rates go south

The largest looming issue to affect firms is Brexit, says Cappitech’s regulatory expert

The new Cappitech industry survey reveals that most companies are battling with elements of their reporting. Ron Finberg, regulatory specialist at Cappitech, highlights inefficiencies and errors as a reason to change reporting, with new and changing regulations, Brexit and coronavirus as key concerns

Building the prime we need

Clear Street says it is embracing discomfort as part the challenge of building a new kind of prime brokerage

Solving the gold paradox

Tradewind Markets, a DLT platform aiming to overhaul the settlement of precious metals, has recruited banking veterans, including J.P. Morgan’s global head collateral chief Michael Albanese, who see blockchain as a way to revitalise liquidity pools and provide new collateral options

No-touch collateral management world

Wassel Dammak explains why firms should leverage technology to drive efficiency and invest in a profit-making collateral IT infrastructure

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