Securities Lending

Rates & Repo Preview: repo on chain and collateral mobilization

OFR paper on short-selling restrictions finds benefits but needs attention to understand why this matters

T+1 can be a new catalyst for ISLA’s Securities Lending Performance Management goals

RMA: US Basel III Endgame operational risk changes will impact agency lending

Analysis: SEC approves securities lending transparency (10c-1) and short selling reporting rules (13f-2)

Interview: Broadridge’s Barakat on DLT network value in secfinance and collateral

Interview: Trading Apps on why this time is different for TA.Link launch

Securities loans get more competitive vs Total Return Swaps in the US Basel III Endgame proposal

FIS on a new trading platform for securities finance

Finadium: Decoding Basel III Endgames for Securities Finance and Collateral

The big keep getting bigger, so how can smaller prime brokers and hedge fund managers compete?

Notes on Morningstar’s numbers from their recent report on securities lending

Special report: how ready is the industry for SecFinGPT?

Interview: hedge funds recalculate strategies amid repricing risk

Four big takeaways from last week’s webinar on Product Innovation in Securities Finance and Collateral Technology

Product innovation: FIS on competition and channeling liquidity

Interview: EquiLend’s Mantle on how T+1 is being managed

Finadium: T+1 in the US and Canada for Securities Finance: A Data Challenge

Product innovation: Transcend on enterprise-wide collateral optimization

Interview: LRH’s Comotto on SFTR for data-driven secfinance

Interview: Linklaters’ Le Vesconte on crypto’s legal frameworks and the impact on collateral

Stock loan legal settlement shows that lawyers can make the industry pay but that most change happens on its own

Interview: S&P Global on secfinance arbitrage during market shake-ups

Interview: ISLA experts on navigating the ESG regulatory grey zone

New academic research on securities lending: haircuts for peer to peer; passive fund lending decisions

Over the 5%: where US Total Return Swaps are driving equity market prices

Audio highlight: Citi’s Dave Martocci on the benefits of volatility for securities lending, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Citi’s Bill Mascaro on clients optimizing their cash and securities positions, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Fidelity Agency Lending®’s Yuri Brightly on configuration and customization in securities finance technology, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Fidelity Agency Lending®’s Justin Aldridge on demand growth for single name shorts, FISL 2023

Interview: LCH RepoClear SA sees 50-60% IM reduction with merged collateral pool

Video highlight: BNYM’s Jill Rathgeber on why the buy-side should care about securities finance CCPs, FISL 2023

Video highlight: BNYM’s Mike McAuley on the timeline for a reproposal or final of SEC Rule 10c-1 for securities lending reporting, FISL 2023

Video highlight: BNYM’s John Templeton on client needs to execute in unexpected markets, FISL 2023

Interview: Meritsoft’s Carpenter on CSDR Refit agreement and where seclending benefits

Video highlight: S&P Global’s Muju Tsay on client needs for data convergence, FISL 2023

Video highlight: JPM’s Amy Dunn on the broadening audience of clients for liquidity services, FISL 2023

Video highlight: S&P Global’s Melissa Gow on revenue concentration in the specials market, FISL 2023

Video highlight: GLMX’s Sal Giglio on building a single point of connectivity to the market, FISL 2023

Video highlight: State Street’s Taryn Siglain on diversifying types of prime brokerage offerings, FISL 2023

Video highlight: State Street’s Owen Nichols on what peer to peer means for client liquidity solutions, FISL 2023

Interview: Cboe Clear Europe’s Patel describes the new SFT clearing service

Large firm attitudes are changing towards the NSCC SFT CCP

What agent lender public filings suggest about the state of securities lending indemnification

Video highlight: Stonewain’s Chris Valentino on the need for platform flexibility and interoperability, FISL 2023

Video highlight: DTCC’s Jim Hraska on porting client clearing functionality between FICC and NSCC, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Natixis’s Chris Blas on opportunities for growing competitors in the prime brokerage market, FISL 2023

Four big takeaways from ISLA’s 2023 annual conference

Video: Olivier Zemb de CACEIS sur comment les coûts de Basel III changent agency securities lending

Video: CACEIS’s Olivier Zemb on the Basel III endgame in Europe and securities lending indemnification