Posts by Josh Galper

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

Finadium: Building Out Repo Data for New Industry Needs (free from DTCC)

Finadium: Short-sale Transparency Challenges and Solutions

Thursday news roundup: China and QE; repo clearing mandates; SA-CCR; in memoriam Jim Malgieri

Analysis of the SEC’s proxy voting rule proposal for securities finance professionals

How to refill the securities finance and collateral hiring pool, now at its lowest level ever

Funding market responses to a possible US debt ceiling default

More definitions of green repo emerge with market development

Securities finance could solve a proposed ETF in-kind redemption taxation issue

Bank of England’s Andrew Hauser on principles for central bank intervention

Who is trading on Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform

Finadium: Securities Finance at the Gates of Crypto

State Street acquisition of BBH changes the agency lending landscape

Fed tri-party repo reporting, while accurate enough, needs an upgrade to keep pace with market structure

Without payment for order flow, expect more institutional market making desks

Finadium is looking for a Research Analyst to join our team

Should bond holders care if financing trades are made as securities loans or repo?

Retail brokerage impacts on the hard to borrow securities lending market

What we learned from DTCC’s filings to launch their equity finance CCP

Finadium announces client webinar on blockchain collateral trading platforms, asks “what is this all about?”

Will a Fed taper help with the collateral shortage?

Which US fund companies are making money in securities lending, and why

Finadium: Best Practices in US Fully Paid Securities Lending

LCH and Eurex look to sponsored repo for the right reasons