Analysis and Interviews

LCH: Repo CCPs and the New Market Dynamic

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

SFM Interview: Bloomberg on wiring crypto workflow for the buy-side

PASLA: what’s driving APAC securities lending growth and beneficial owner priorities

Who trades US equity repo, and how much?

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

SFM Interview: ISDA on benchmarking for the Standardized Approach

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

Analysis: we tested Quantum Computing to predict UST repo rates

State Street symposium: positioning securities lending for unusual times

SFM Interview: cloud and real-time data tech levels playing field for challenger clearing firms

Conference: financial cyber threats brewing on multiple fronts; vendors are preparing their clients for new thinking

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

Market participants say UMR phase 6 success includes expanding collateral schedules and limiting initial counterparties

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

SFM Interview: J.P. Morgan and GLEIF on the digitalization of reference data

The EU Capital Markets Union: on track, but slowly

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

SFM Interview: SWIFT on “track and trace” for cash and securities transactions

Our thoughts on DTCC’s new bilateral repo data product

Financial Bite: Future-Proofing the U.S. Treasury Market

Interview: SDX says that repo is “logical next step” for central bank digital currencies

Quantum, ESG on regulatory radar as FCA details tech strategy

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

Finadium: Tokenized Repo for Cash Providers: Solving Settlement Problems

RMA conference: how far to a US Basel III endgame?

SFM Interview: automation and legacy innovation boosting low code tech

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

Securities finance, the stablecoin market and planning for CBDCs

SFM Interview: Sharegain’s Yaari on the emergence of neobrokers in seclending

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q1 2022 now online

SFM Interview: EquiLend’s MacKay on CSDR penalty regime and seclending impacts

Divergent central bank interest rate policies create an uncertain path forward

Building the digital future for financial instruments

SFM Interview: HQLA^X on collateral’s progress to DLT networks

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

SFM Interview: ION’s Tyndale-Biscoe on secured funding tech and profit

Securities finance should know about these two digital derivatives plays

SFM Interview: LME Clearing on repo and collateral strategy

The last days of old-style regulatory transparency initiatives

SFM Interview: compliance build out for crypto exchanges and regulators; DeFi remains challenging

Financial Bite: STP Solutions for Repo – what’s new for 2022

Highlights from IOSCO 2022 report on hedge fund leverage

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