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Securities lending messaging: has the industry reached a tipping point?

Market participants are working to align and future-proof technology adoption, with methods to exchange message data also becoming ripe for change. Trading Apps’ Stefan Bates and Matthew Phillips explore the benefits of investing in a bilateral messaging SaaS platform

EquiLend Spire: centralising securities finance in a connected world

Once the backbone of operations, legacy systems undermine the movement toward a unified view of securities finance activities. Stonewain CEO Armeet Sandhu explores how EquiLend Spire will help participants to keep pace with the industry’s dynamic needs

Centralised or decentralised: which model makes more sense for securities finance trading?

Broadridge’s SFCM team Martin Walker, head of product management, and Anupma Bakshi, senior business analyst, breakdown the key distinctions between centralisation and decentralisation and their role in the securities finance market

A symbiotic relationship: the criticality of data and technology

Data remains critical to the enablement of technological change, says Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, who explores ways to remain at the forefront of innovation

Evolution amid diverse change

Participants discuss the current securities lending landscape in the region, the technology evolution born from the move to T+1, and the Bank of Canada’s introduction of a settlement fail fee on bond and bill trades

Initial margin for non-cleared derivatives: The end of the journey?

Many market participants are now subject to the initial margin rules for non-cleared derivative transactions. David Beatrix, head of OTC and collateral services at BNP Paribas’ Securities Services, provides an update on the latest evolutions of this regulation