The third Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards brought the industry’s finest together for a night of celebration and entertainment in London
In a year that will see around half the world’s population take part in an election, Karl Loomes looks at the potential impact on securities lending and the financial markets
Having attended the CASLA conference in Toronto in May, Carmella Haswell and Sophie Downes provide a roundup of the key findings from industry discussions
Fabienne Zamfiresco, Sven Jongebloed, Raul Schwab, and Gael Delaunay discuss how the evolving European market landscape will shape settlement and fragmentation in the region, and impact the Eurosystem
Eric Badger, managing director and global head of client coverage, Clearance and Collateral Management at BNY, explores the core factors when choosing whether to build or buy, and key considerations for a successful optimisation journey
Securities finance specialists reflect on market performance in Europe over the past 12 months, and consider the impacts of a potential T+1 implementation in the region, general elections, and how market trends are shaping firms’ development strategies
Those who innovate are capable of visualising a world different to the current status quo, says Steve Griffiths, CEO and founder of Absolute Collateral
Shiv Rao, chairman and founder of Sunthay, reviews the proposed regulations providing barriers for repo market participants, and explores how the firm’s joint initiative with Bloomberg and Euroclear aims to help reduce the impact of these upcoming requirements
To align with the rapid pace of modernisation, firms must prioritise investment in technology that meets both client demands and regulatory requirements, according to Clear Street’s Joseph DiMartino, managing director of repo trading
Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explores how the availability of data, which was once fairly limited, has evolved to become an essential aspect of financial markets, and in turn allowed the repo market to become a globalised and heavily interconnected utility
Eurex’s Frank Gast, global head of repo sales, and Carsten Hiller, head of repo sales
Europe, discuss what is behind the firm’s recent growth in repo volumes, the core
initiatives the company is working on, and where Eurex Repo is heading next
