Posts by Josh Galper

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2021 now online

Update: we size the global repo markets at US$13.4 trillion (Premium)

No amount of adjustments to Treasury market structure solves for ineffective public policy

Crypto has lessons on client engagement for the securities industry (Premium)

US House introduces “Short Sale Transparency and Market Fairness Act” (Premium)

Central bank interventions and rising stock values are a bad combination

What’s the buy-side market demand for securities lending benchmarking services? (Premium)

The real and unreal things Reddit says about securities lending (Premium)

A year of re-envisioning for bank funding infrastructure

The politics of an ISDA “master” agreement for SFTs (Premium)

Two questions on DeFi smart contracts in repo and securities finance (Premium)

Central banks, securities finance and the stories we tell about inflation (Premium)

Finadium: Collateral Management Technology Vendor Survey 2021

Analysis: the FOMC conversation on a Standing Repo Facility (Premium)

WSJ article on US mutual fund returns and securities lending brings incomplete data to faulty conclusions

The pledge model is taking off in European tri-party (Premium)

A flurry of press releases shows strategic industry tech directions (Premium)

Two big new bank rules went into effect this week with impacts for global repo

How far can tokenization’s leaders go in securities collateral markets? (Premium)

Total Return Swap risk: Fed survey shines light on two complex dealer mechanics (Premium)

Three papers on repo and collateral show holes and opportunities in market structure (Premium)

An argument for beneficial owners to outsource securities lending corporate governance (Premium)

Four securities finance impacts from the Fed’s adjustment to IOER and RRP rates (Premium)

The relationship between Peer to Peer success and bank balance sheet availability is breaking down (Premium)

Analysis: US FINRA’s proposed short selling reporting would lead to market structure change (Premium)

It’s time to take crypto prime brokerage seriously (Premium)

Finadium: Can Peer to Peer Securities Finance Take Off in 2021?

Could Europe’s style of SFTR transparency help US regulators in securities lending? (Premium)

FISL 2021 video replays now online

Can the Fed avoid negative US rates while not popping asset bubbles?

SOFR could fall to 0 bps this month – don’t let the rounding fool you (Premium)

Agent lender tech priorities and thinking on AI/big data (Premium)

Was it fair for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to call for firing of Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Quarles over Archegos losses? (Premium)

Is crypto volatility driving the S&P 500?, the benefit of regulation and other digital news

SFM Interview: Standard Chartered’s Sunil Daswani on technology and securities lending customization

Product convergence is happening: a conversation with Laide Majiyagbe, BNYM Markets’ new Head of Financing & Liquidity (Premium)

Key takeaways from the Fed and ECB financial stability reports in May 2021 (Premium)

Finadium: Activist Short Selling in the Age of ESG

Can the TRS business thrive in the spotlight of transparency?

Challenging questions from Day 1 of FISL 2021 (Premium)

Regulators talk about leverage oversight, but where’s the action? (Premium)

Provable Markets to become second SFT Submitter for DTCC’s SFT CCP (Premium)

China, netting and the ASIFMA/ICMA Asian repo survey (Premium)

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q2 2021 now online

ESG critics speak out as AUM hits new highs (Premium)

Five easy things the SEC can do to improve US fund transparency in securities lending

SFM Interview: BNYM’s Bill Kelly and Mike McAuley on fintech, CCPs, ESG and more

Securities lending and collateral is hiring in client facing and front office roles (Premium)

Recent data on buy-side liquidity in US repo (Premium)

ICMA’s green repo paper: some definitions but it’s still repo in the end