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FISL NYC 2019: changes in non-cash collateral and cash reinvestments (Premium)

May 22, 2019

Anna Reitman

Collateral Management, Securities Lending

data analytics, FISL NYC 2019, non-cash collateral, Rehypothecation, Securities Lending, SFTR, topstory

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It’s not surprising that non-cash collateral was a theme across panels at our annual Investors in Securities Lending conference. Here’s what was said. Continue reading

Benchmarking US cash collateral management fees in securities lending (Premium)

May 15, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Securities Lending

Cash collateral management fees, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

Now that our database of US mutual funds and ETFs in securities lending is up and running, we’re starting to do some analysis. First up: we benchmark cash collateral management…

SFM Magazine, Spring 2019, is now online

May 7, 2019

Josh Galper

Automation, Big Data, CCP, Collateral Management, Market infrastructure, Regulatory, Repo, Securities Lending, SFTR

Canada, collateral management, fully paid lending, Market infrastructure, Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, SFTR, topstory

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Securities Finance Monitor Magazine, Spring 2019, is now online. This edition features articles on fully paid lending, Canadian banks in the global prime brokerage market, market data in securities finance,…

In five years, 90% of funding will be done by machines

April 25, 2019

Bimal Kadikar

Big Data, Collateral Management, Liquidity Management, Technology, Uncategorized

Big Data, Bimal Kadikar, collateral, connected data, Liquidity, technology, topstory, Transcend

You may disagree with the number of years or the percent, but everyone understands that automation in the funding and collateral space is occurring at a fast pace. The question…

Finadium: Scenarios for a Cyber Collateral Attack

March 26, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Technology

collateral, cyberattack, Finadium, topstory

No Comments

Both the financial services industry and corporations everywhere have faced an increase in cyberattacks in recent years, by both state-led and individual actors. This report focuses on how an attack…

Securities Lending 101

March 12, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Securities Lending, Webinars

Finadium, Securities Lending, topstory, Webinar

No Comments

Finadium clients can access the webinar play and slides here. Continue reading

Business of Collateral Trading 2019 roundup and conference materials (Premium)

February 25, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Europe

BOCT, collateral management, Finadium, Frankfurt, topstory

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Here’s what we learned at the Business of Collateral Trading event we held last week in Frankfurt, attended by 81 professionals across the buy-side, sell-side, vendor and regulatory communities. We…

On the buy-side, “if you have no collateral strategy, you’re dead”

February 11, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management

BOCT, buy-side, collateral management, Frankfurt, topstory

No Comments

We heard this from a buy-side firm last week preparing for our Business of Collateral Trading conference coming up in Frankfurt on February 21. Collateral strategy on the buy-side is…

The Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS) and tri-party: good, bad or indifferent? (Premium)

February 5, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe

ECB, ECMS, European Central Bank, Eurosystem Collateral Management System, topstory

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The ECB recently took the next step in their Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) project, which itself progresses the aims of the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS). We look…

Review: RMA and EquiLend’s LatAm guide

January 30, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Securities Lending

collateral, Equilend, Latin America, Repo, RMA, Securities Lending, topstory

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RMA and EquiLend have produced a new report on the Latin American securities lending market, “Latin American Securities Finance User Guide 2019.” There’s a lot to appreciate in this piece…

Review of the second annual Asian Prime Collateral Forum

January 24, 2019

Josh Galper

Asia, Collateral Management

Asian Prime Collateral Forum, collateral, Fixed Income, Repo, topstory

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We applaud the efforts of the Asian Prime Collateral Forum to popularize the idea of collateral as an important building block for Asia’s capital markets. The second annual Forum was…

Could Chinese banks become an important liquidity source for Western banks? (Premium)

January 9, 2019

Josh Galper

China, Collateral Management, Liquidity Management

Bank of China, China, collateral, ICBC, Liquidity, topstory

No Comments

In recent conversations on Delta One trading for an upcoming report, we heard the idea that Chinese banks could become an important future liquidity source for Western banks. The logic…

Update on our Frankfurt event, “The Business of Collateral Trading”, 21 February 2019

January 8, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management

Business of Collateral Trading, collateral management, Frankfurt, SFTR, topstory

No Comments

Finadium is planning our first event in Frankfurt, “The Business of Collateral Trading”, on 21 February. As more banks make their post-Brexit (presuming there is a post-Brexit) relocation plans known,…

A proposal for securities finance and collateral management to hire more young people

January 2, 2019

Josh Galper

Collateral Management

collateral management, hiring, securities finance, topstory

No Comments

On trading desks and at conferences, the securities finance and collateral industries are starting to look like the Clive Owen movie “Children of Men”, where humanity is growing collectively older.…

Should CLOs be in your collateral portfolio?

December 18, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Securitization, Systemic Risk

CLOs, collateral management, leveraged loans, topstory

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The market for leveraged loans is seeing shrinking investor demand and a chorus of central bankers warning against possible risk. These loans are a principal vehicle of private equity firms…

Progress on Frankfurt as the next big banking hub

December 5, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Europe, Liquidity Management

Brexit, collateral, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Main Finance, topstory

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Arguments are growing in favor of Frankfurt as a larger financial hub post-Brexit. A regional lobbyist is saying that 750 to 800 billion Euros in assets will transfer from London…

Finadium launches new event in Frankfurt, The Business of Collateral Trading, for February 2019

November 19, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Liquidity Management

Business of Collateral Trading, Finadium, Frankfurt, topstory

No Comments

Finadium is announcing a new event launch, The Business of Collateral Trading, 21 February 2019 in Frankfurt. This event is the result of our in-depth research and consulting activities in Europe…

Finadium: 2018 Survey of Institutional Investors in Securities Finance

November 15, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Investments, Securities Lending

collateral management, Finadium, Institutional Investors, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

In Finadium’s 2018 survey of institutional investors in securities finance, respondents voiced strong support for securities lending, collateral management and repo. These markets are seen as low risk and they…

Implementation Strategies for SFTR

November 14, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Regulatory, Repo, Securities Lending, Webinars

Murex, SFTR, topstory, Unavista

No Comments

Thanks to Murex, UnaVista and the 350 people who registered for our webinar today on Implementation Strategies for SFTR. Here’s the webinar replay and the slide deck. Continue reading

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

November 1, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Regulatory, US

collateral, SA-CCR, topstory, US regulators

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US regulators have issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for the Standardized Approach for measuring counterparty credit risk” (SA-CCR) in derivatives contracts. This long-awaited proposal shows that US regulators…

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

October 25, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending

Finadium events, FISL NYC 2019, Frankfurt, Rates & Repo, SFTR, topstory, Zurich

No Comments

The Finadium events calendar is active in the last months of 2018 and growing in 2019. We’re holding a public webinar on SFTR, new and recurring events in Europe, our…

Regulatory Changes and the Need for Collateral Flexibility

September 27, 2018

Glenn Horner

Collateral Management, Regulatory, Securities Lending

collateral, non-cash, Regulation, Securities Lending, State Street, topstory

No Comments

Since the financial crisis regulatory changes and market dynamics have led to an increased usage of non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions. This trend is most dramatic in the U.S., which…

Envisioning the next evolution of the securities finance industry

September 18, 2018

Rajen Sheth

Big Data, Collateral Management, Liquidity Management, Securities Lending, Technology

Big Data, Pirum, securities finance, technology, topstory

No Comments

Regulations and balance sheet management have combined to create the greatest level of disruption that the industry has seen since 2008, but this time the changes are likely to be…

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

September 12, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Regulatory

Global financial crisis, Lehman Brothers, topstory

No Comments

A funny thing happens after a financial crisis: memories fade over time, people retire, and the warning signs of a financial crisis are not spotted until it’s too late. Basel…

Direct Clearing: A New Competitive Differentiator for the Buy-side

September 11, 2018

Frank Odendall

CCP, Collateral Management, Credit Exposure, Uncategorized

CCP, collateral, Direct Clearing, Eurex, Margin, topstory

No Comments

The introduction of buy-side direct clearing for central counterparties (CCPs) has created buy-side opportunities while raising new considerations about business models, risk and reward. Whether and how to engage, for…

Treating Collateral Trading as a Business: Natixis’s Test Case

September 6, 2018

Simon Sourigon

Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending, Total Return Swaps

collateral trading, Natixis, topstory

No Comments

The collateral trading business is shifting to accommodate new client interests, regulations and balance sheet requirements. Technology remains both a major opportunity and business model threat. This article presents Natixis’s…

How can central banks effectively monitor transmission of monetary policy?

August 8, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, ECB, Liquidity Management

ECB, Liquidity, monetary policy, topstory

No Comments

A new paper from the European Central Bank looks at the transmission of monetary policy and the concept of fragmentation, which means that monetary policy goals are not getting through…

US Treasury fintech report: four impacts to securities finance

August 2, 2018

Josh Galper

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Collateral Management, Credit Exposure, Regulatory, US

collateral, fintech, technology, topstory, US Treasury

No Comments

The US Treasury issued the fourth report in their series, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities”; this one focuses on Fintech. Some of the recommendations speak to matters that…

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2018 now online

August 1, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Repo

collateral, Finadium, Repo, topstory

No Comments

Our quarterly presentation on research, news and events. Finadium Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives subscription clients can log in and download the presentation here. If you are already logged in,…

US Treasury Markets Practice Group sees clearing and IDB risks in the US Treasury secondary market

July 16, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Investments, Market infrastructure, US

Clearing, collateral, settlement, TMPG, topstory, US Treasuries

No Comments

The US Treasury Markets Practice Group (TMPG), hosted by the New York Fed, has issued a comprehensive paper on the US Treasury (UST) secondary market. In last week’s “White Paper…

Finadium announces H2 2018 event calendar for New York, London and Zurich

July 11, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Liquidity Management, Repo, Technology

collateral, Finadium events, Liquidity, Repo, Securities Lending, technology, topstory

No Comments

Finadium will enter the fall months with a robust slate of events on technology, collateral, repo and securities lending. Here’s our upcoming calendar of events in New York, London and…

Finadium: Collateral Trading Platforms and Service Providers: A Finadium Survey

July 10, 2018

Josh Galper

Automation, Collateral Management

collateral management, collateral services, Finadium, topstory, trading platforms

No Comments

The collateral management services space has seen over a dozen new entrants join existing banks and technology companies in the last two years, who themselves have continued to adapt their…

SFM Magazine, Summer 2018, is now online

July 2, 2018

Josh Galper

Big Data, Collateral Management, Regulatory, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology, Trade Repositories, Tri-Party Repo

Big Data, collateral management, Data repositories, Emerging Markets, Europe, Regulation, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

Securities Finance Monitor Magazine, Summer 2018, is now online. This edition features articles on what to do with all the data that regulators are collecting, if securities lending is a…

Managing data through complexity: business evolution in the machine age

June 18, 2018

Sabine Farhat-Dupla

Artificial Intelligence, Collateral Management, Technology

Big Data, machine learning, Murex, topstory

No Comments

The evolution of capital markets, including complex regulations such as the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), has resulted in a need to manage and understand data as a core function,…

Top five trends in collateral management for 2018

May 30, 2018

Bimal Kadikar

Collateral Management, Derivatives, Technology

Bimal Kadikar, collateral management, technology, Transcend Street

No Comments

Collateral management has broadened far past simple margin processing; collateral now impacts a majority of financial market activity from determining critical capital calculations to impacting customer experience to driving strategic…

Finadium: Is Frankfurt the Next Collateral and Liquidity Hub?

May 15, 2018

Josh Galper

Asia, Collateral Management, Europe, Liquidity Management

Asian banks, collateral, Finadium, Frankfurt, Liquidity, topstory

No Comments

A new Finadium research report looks at Frankfurt as a financial center and some key aspects that may determine its competitiveness and future relevance post-Brexit and beyond. Does it have…

What does it mean for AcadiaSoft to move into repo and securities lending margin processing? (Premium)

May 3, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

AcadiaSoft, collateral management, Repo, Securities Lending, technology, topstory

No Comments

We noted in March that we were seeing overlap across industry utilities. The more that each utility grows, it sees that its clients have demands that it can serve. In…

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q2 2018 now online

May 2, 2018

Josh Galper

Blockchain, Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending

blockchain, collateral management, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

Finadium: Central Bank Digital Currencies, Cryptocurrencies and Collateral

April 18, 2018

Josh Galper

Bank of England, Collateral Management, Cryptocurrency, Technology

Central Banks, collateral management, cryptocurrency, digital currencies, topstory

No Comments

Central banks face new competition in their issuance of currency: cryptocurrencies have captured the popular imagination, if not yet the actual spending behavior of most consumers. Even so, central banks…

Manmohan Singh’s latest, “Leverage – A Broader View,” shows that build up in the banking system from off-balance sheet trades is huge

Manmohan Singh and Zohair Alam of the IMF have written an important white paper “Leverage—A Broader View” (March 19 2018, IMF Working Paper WP/18/62) that looks at off-balance sheet leverage.…

Competition in collateral trading notes, structured products and collateral packaged substitutes (Premium)

April 16, 2018

Josh Galper

CCP, Collateral Management, Investments, Securitization

CCPs, CME, collateral trading notes, GCSA Capital, Invesco, K-Notes, structured products, topstory

No Comments

We’re catching up on a few things following the conclusion of our Finadium Investors in Securities Lending Conference last week in New York. One notable item was a press release…

FISL NYC 2018: beneficial owners at collateral crossroads of revenue and risk

April 11, 2018

Anna Reitman

Collateral Management, FISL, Securities Lending

collateral management, non-cash collateral, Russell Investments, securities lending FISL NYC 2018, topstory

No Comments

There is an erosion of the “cash is king” attitude in the US. Recent trends show an increased popularity to pledge non-cash over cash, and if US 40 Act funds start…

When looking at bankers leaving London post-Brexit, it’s computers as much as headcount (Premium)

April 3, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Europe, Regulatory, Technology

Brexit, European Central Bank, headcount, London, topstory

No Comments

We’ve been reading the numbers of bankers leaving Brexit (4,000 for Paris, 1,000 for Frankfurt) and something has seemed amiss. EU regulations require more than a token presence in order…

Market feedback and trend analysis from the week (Premium)

March 22, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, LIBOR, Technology

central collateral funding desks, collateral management, LIBOR, technology, topstory, utilities

No Comments

At Finadium we have the good fortune of being able to speak with large cross-sections of the collateralized trading market on a regular basis. This week, we’re hearing some takeaways…

Is Asia coming of age in securities finance and collateral at last?

March 1, 2018

Josh Galper

Asia, Collateral Management, Derivatives, Repo, Securities Lending

Asia, EquiLend NGT, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory, Variation Margin

No Comments

For more years than we can remember, the promise of Asia as a securities finance marketplace has been bigger than the reality. Without getting too optimistic this time around, there…

Finadium Survey: Better Regulation for Europe’s Securities Financing Transactions

February 14, 2018

Josh Galper

Basel III, Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Repo, Securities Lending

Basel III, Europe, Finadium, Leverage Ratio, Liquidity Coverage Ratio, Repo, securities financing transactions, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

European regulation of Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) is having its desired effect, which is a near gold standard of risk management. Unfortunately, it’s at the cost of market vibrancy. A…

In collateral management and trading, the build vs. buy debate is over and the vendors have won

February 14, 2018

kjarnagin@finadium.com

Collateral Management, Technology

buy vs. build, collateral management, collateral trading, technology, topstory, vendors

No Comments

For years, capital markets firms have asked themselves whether it was better to build their own collateral management solutions or purchase vendor offerings. We’ve been in detailed, heated meetings on…

The Move to Cloud Born Microservices in Collateral Management

February 12, 2018

Alan Sheehan

Collateral Management, Technology

Calypso, collateral management, microservices, technology, topstory

No Comments

The financial technology industry is seeing a move away from one-size-fits-all enterprise systems to cloud-native microservices based on the separation and segmentation of individual tasks. While these microservices can also…

Revisiting the Importance of Inventory Management in Collateral and Liquidity

February 8, 2018

Bimal Kadikar

Collateral Management, Operations, Technology

Bimal Kadikar, collateral management, inventory management, topstory, transcend street solutions

No Comments

Inventory management is a cornerstone of securities finance, funding and collateral management, but often gets little attention until it is too late. This should not be the case, as inventory…

Elixium’s Stephen Malekian: All to All will be a new pillar of the collateral trading market

February 1, 2018

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Repo

All to All, Elixium, peer to peer, Stephen Malekian, topstory

No Comments

Finadium’s Josh Galper spoke with Stephen Malekian of Elixium to hear his views on buy-side market adoption of All to All, trading patterns, and the growth of the collateral ecosystem.…

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