Posts by Josh Galper

SBL Network shuts down

The US SA-CCR proposal on collateral: generally speaking, good news for the markets (Premium)

Finadium report on Cryptojacking: A Growing Corporate Threat

Protectionist government policies and the impact on financial markets

Hedge fund closures down in 2018, assets are up but performance is muted

Thoughts on agency securities lending (Premium)

Finadium’s event calendar: a webinar on SFTR implementation, events in Zurich and Frankfurt, Rates & Repo and more

Trends in European vs. US tri-party repo

Finadium: The SOFR Transition: Benchmarks, Futures and P&L

The Cum-Ex trade, CCPs, FTTs and other rough roads in European regulation (Premium)

The ECB’s Cœuré walks through ESTER: time is short to solve some tricky problems

A new analysis on the impact of central bank digital currencies to private banks

An update on repo, Fed Funds and the IOER spread (Premium)

Rates & Repo 2018: what to expect on liquidity, SOFR, tri-party and blockchain

Several blows this week to London as a financial center post-Brexit (Premium)

We analyze new US mutual fund securities lending disclosures, plus fee splits (Premium)

If brokers move their business to fintech firms, FINRA may not have oversight. Is this a good thing?

The ECB on repo in the Leverage Ratio: taking a strong stand today may not turn out well tomorrow

It’s go time for signing stay resolution agreements in securities finance (Premium)

The SEC’s proposed ETF rules help ETF market makers but hurt securities lenders (Premium)

Stock loan lawsuit update: Judge allows suit to proceed; we review the ruling (Premium)

How the Basel change on settled-to-market will impact balance sheets (Premium)

Finadium: Does Crypto Really Matter to the Traditional Securities Industry?

Stablecoins could be the link between crypto and securities finance

SFM Magazine, Fall 2018, is now online

Analysis of DTCC’s plans to launch a securities lending CCP (Premium)

Rates & Repo NYC Nov 5 2018: first 40 registrations; first speakers announced; keynote presenter

Ten years after Lehman, another crisis is in the making (Premium)

Finadium: Next Steps for Agency Securities Lending, Or, Life After SFTR

What will jump start Asian corporate bond repo markets? (Premium)

FICC starts to see liftoff with money fund cleared repo (Premium)

Save the Date: FISL NYC is May 2-3, 2019

Sanction backfire: a non-US payment system would change the balance of financial power

Finadium: Quantum Computing: Moon Shot or the Next Big Thing?

Should the US care if global markets move away from dollars for transactions?

Hong Kong SFC consultation addresses risks in securities margin financing

Blockchain for securities lending is a great idea with a big problem (Premium)

A US GDPR proposal is on the table

Defining “strong regulation” for safe banks

Testing the correlation between SOFR and US Treasury rates (Premium)

Finadium: CCPs, Liquidity and Regulatory Disputes on Systemic Risk

How can central banks effectively monitor transmission of monetary policy?

What no-fee fund products mean for the securities lending market

US short-term rates have no upper bound, and that’s an [opportunity] [problem] (Premium)

US Treasury fintech report: four impacts to securities finance

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2018 now online

European roundup: some weighty news for the end of July (Premium)

We review the DTCC/Field Effect white paper on SFTR

Crypto is mimicking securities finance business models but with vastly different technology

The SFTR win for firms that don’t trade with European counterparties