Posts by Josh Galper

What will it take for the buy-side to get serious about cross-collateral optimization?

Finadium announces client webinar: Catalysts for Digital Adoption in Securities Finance and Repo

Who trades US equity repo, and how much?

What services will the buy-side need for Peer to Peer securities finance?

US seclending cash collateral fees are weighed down by low benchmark rates

Analysis: we tested Quantum Computing to predict UST repo rates

Finadium: A First Look at Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Repo Markets

What agent lenders are saying about the buy-side in securities lending

SFM Interview: BNY Mellon’s Gesa Benda on the ECB’s single collateral rulebook

Will Chinese banks abide by Western sanctions or support Sino-Russian geopolitical cooperation?

Collateralized title transfer in the digital age: where it works and why it matters

SWIFT sanctions not the most punitive tool for Russia, for good reasons

Finadium: Europe’s Capital Markets Union: Progress and Mid-Term Impacts

Our thoughts on DTCC’s new bilateral repo data product

Will Credit Suisse’s $81 million settlement in a 2017 stock loan lawsuit make a difference to the industry?

Read this ISLA Reflections of the CEO post, the most important in some time

Securities finance, the stablecoin market and planning for CBDCs

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q1 2022 now online

Divergent central bank interest rate policies create an uncertain path forward

Should hedge funds be worried about securities lending and short selling transparency?

The Fed’s paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies has impacts for securities finance

Finadium: FX Swaps and the Repo Market

Securities finance should know about these two digital derivatives plays

The last days of old-style regulatory transparency initiatives

Webinar replays now live: Rates & Repo 2021; Total Return Swaps

Market commentary on rising US interest rates and securities lending revenues

As interest rates rise, how soon can repo expect wider spreads?

Finadium: Business Update on Banks in Quantum Computing

US$1.9 trillion at the Fed’s Reverse Repo Facility – a big number for sure, but one that should be taken in context

US regulators propose 5th major change for securities finance transparency this year; Finadium announces client briefing on January 11, 2022

Project Jura suggests a CBDC future for securities finance

Peer to Peer at the end of 2021: the monetary policy story

Finadium: Repo at the Digital Crossroads

US regulatory calls for securities finance transparency prove easier than action on supporting market structure

Are big players ready for bitcoin as triparty collateral?

Thursday news roundup: Turkey shorts, equity repo, collateral optimization, UN Africa repo program

Data reporting field obligations in the SEC’s securities lending transparency proposal

A first look at who gets what data in the SEC’s proposal on securities lending transparency

How far have beneficial owners really gone on ESG in securities lending?

Finadium announces client webinar: Innovation and Transparency in the Total Return Swaps Market

DTCC’s SFT CCP needs FIS back office connectivity to succeed – here’s how this works in practice

Analysis of the BNYM/Euroclear paper “Bridging the Collateral Divide”

What’s the future of risk capital in prime brokerage?

Finadium: Asset Managers on Securities Lending 2021 Survey

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q4 2021 now online

Our questions for Rates & Repo next week

Which agent lender will launch the first DeFi smart contract for securities lending?

Can DLT build regulator and public confidence in securities lending?

The value of dissent: Peirce at the SEC and Brainard at the Fed

ISDA looks to ramp up secfinance and repo expertise