Lessons for Peer to Peer in securities financing from Peer to Peer in cash fixed income (Premium)

June 22, 2017

Credit Exposure, Fixed Income, Investments, Market infrastructure, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

All to All, direct, MarketAxess, Open Trading, peer to peer, topstory, Tradeweb

Peer to Peer is picking up steam in the cash fixed income world. MarketAxess and Tradeweb now have offerings that have generated real interest from major asset managers. What will…

From Standardisation to Diversity: the state of agency securities lending

April 25, 2017

Paul Amery

Basel III, Big Data, Investments, Securities Lending

agency lending, Basel III, Big Data, CCPs, direct, peer to peer, Securities Lending, topstory

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Amidst increasing demand from investors to generate extra revenues, the global securities finance industry is steadily moving away from a standard agent lender model and towards a greater diversity of…

What hedge funds think about Direct/Peer to Peer platforms (Premium)

April 13, 2017

Josh Galper

Hedge Funds, Repo, Securities Lending

direct, FISL NYC, hedge funds, peer to peer, topstory

No Comments

We heard from several hedge funds over the last week on Direct and Peer to Peer platforms. While these platforms are interesting, there are some significant issues that must be…

Does the Direct/Peer to Peer market need standardized contracts for success or will customized contracts be enough?

April 10, 2017

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

agreements, All to All, collateral, contracts, direct, peer to peer, topstory

No Comments

An interesting point emerged at our Investors in Securities Lending Conference last week on the Direct/Peer to Peer/All to All panel: some platforms want participants to sign a standardized contract…

Finadium: Greenfield Opportunities in Securities Finance and Credit Businesses

March 28, 2017

Josh Galper

Repo, Risk Management, Securities Lending, Tax, Technology

blockchain, credit, direct, Finadium, peer to peer, securities finance, technology, topstory

No Comments

This research report provides a review of four new technology-driven business opportunities in the market today. This is a how-to guide for business owners and project leaders, rather than a…

Zurich event recap: risk vs. return, SFTR, Peer to Peer (Premium)

December 6, 2016

Josh Galper

Basel III, Europe, Investments, Securities Lending

Beneficial Owners, direct, Leverage Ratio, peer to peer, Securities Lending, SFTR, Switzerland, topstory, Zurich

No Comments

Our thanks to hosts ZKB and SIX Securities Services for another excellent event yesterday in Zurich. The conversation got very engaged towards the end with valued and new exchanges of…

Prime brokers, credit intermediation and new trading networks in securities finance (Premium)

November 8, 2016

Josh Galper

Hedge Funds, Investments, Prime Brokerage, Repo, Securities Lending

Agency Prime Brokerage, DBV-X, direct, Elixium, peer to peer, topstory

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Back in April 2016 we laid out our ideas for Agency Prime Brokerage, a business model where prime brokers provide a range of operational functions in financing without credit intermediation.…

The technical details on how direct/peer-to-peer borrowing increases US customer trading leverage (Premium)

September 28, 2016

Richard Stinchfield

Cash management, Collateral Management, Hedge Funds, Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, US

arranged financing, direct, Enhanced leverage, peer to peer, Securities Lending, topstory, US

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In this article we look at the benefits a US trading customer gains by borrowing to cover their own short positions. Like Fully Paid Lending, direct borrowing and lending is…

Agent lenders in the Direct and Peer to Peer securities finance markets (Premium)

September 21, 2016

Josh Galper

Credit Exposure, Repo, Securities Lending

agency lending, direct, peer to peer, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

Securities lending agents will be critical players in the Direct and Peer to Peer (P2P) markets. In securities lending, investors are looking for indemnification to support their loans. In repo,…

Finadium: Update on Direct and Peer to Peer Transactions in Securities Lending and Repo

September 12, 2016

Josh Galper

Collateral Management, Hedge Funds, Repo, Securities Lending

direct, Finadium, P2P, peer to peer, topstory

No Comments

This Finadium Executive Briefing presents the opinions of asset managers on lending to hedge funds and their peer institutions, and provides commentary on the offerings of three large agent lenders…

Why direct repo and securities lending may be the best thing that has happened for asset holders in a long while (Premium)

March 1, 2016

Josh Galper

Hedge Funds, Repo, Securities Lending

asset holders, Beneficial Owners, direct, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

There is a sea change coming to the market in direct repo and securities lending, at least for many firms that want to continue to earn reliable revenues. The term…

What trueEX can teach us about the future of securities finance (Premium Content)

May 14, 2015

Josh Galper

Derivatives, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

direct, OTC derivatives, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory

No Comments

We’ve been watching trueEX for a while, and a recent hire of a former securities lending professional sealed the deal: this start up could potentially teach securities finance a lesson…

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Lessons for Peer to Peer in securities financing from Peer to Peer in cash fixed income (Premium)

From Standardisation to Diversity: the state of agency securities lending

What hedge funds think about Direct/Peer to Peer platforms (Premium)

Does the Direct/Peer to Peer market need standardized contracts for success or will customized contracts be enough?

Finadium: Greenfield Opportunities in Securities Finance and Credit Businesses

Zurich event recap: risk vs. return, SFTR, Peer to Peer (Premium)

Prime brokers, credit intermediation and new trading networks in securities finance (Premium)

The technical details on how direct/peer-to-peer borrowing increases US customer trading leverage (Premium)

Agent lenders in the Direct and Peer to Peer securities finance markets (Premium)

Finadium: Update on Direct and Peer to Peer Transactions in Securities Lending and Repo

Why direct repo and securities lending may be the best thing that has happened for asset holders in a long while (Premium)

What trueEX can teach us about the future of securities finance (Premium Content)

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