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We’ve been here Basel IV

Basel III is still a work in progress, and Basel IV might be just around the corner

The elephant(s) in the room

CCPs, indemnification, regulation, a collateral shortage and more dominated discussion at the Clearstream GSF Summit in Luxembourg

An app-titude for securities finance

Getting the right technology solutions in place for today’s securities financing participant is paramount. Matthew Harrison of Trading Apps explains why

The centralisation game

Experts discuss the progress that has been made in collateral optimisation

Techniques for post-trade collateral optimisation

Ted Allen of FIS and Thomas Schiebe of Sapient Global Markets discuss the techniques that firms are employing to optimise the allocation of collateral

FTT to miss latest target

The industry will be pleased to hear that the little regulation that shouldn’t has stalled

Liars and tweets

Social media platforms are being used to disseminate stolen research and malicious information, all in a bid to manipulate company share prices

It’s quiet—almost too quiet

The regulatory overhaul of securities lending and the possible role of central counterparties dominated this year’s RMA conference in Miami

The art of the US domestic easy-to-borrow list

The official easy-to-borrow list for your firm isn’t the list you begin the day with but the list as it stands at day’s end, says Rob Sammons of Anetics

The silo is dead, all hail pooling!

Fleming Europe’s Annual Collateral Management Conference saw a variety of industry figures come together to debate the best way to manage and leverage collateral in an increasingly strict regulatory environment