Analysis and Interviews

Big tech entrants in capital markets may be closer than you think

SFM Interview: SPACs, trading premiums and securities lending trends

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2021 now online

Update: we size the global repo markets at US$13.4 trillion

No amount of adjustments to Treasury market structure solves for ineffective public policy

Crypto has lessons on client engagement for the securities industry (Premium)

US House introduces “Short Sale Transparency and Market Fairness Act” (Premium)

Central bank interventions and rising stock values are a bad combination

What’s the buy-side market demand for securities lending benchmarking services? (Premium)

Financial Bite: Can Tether Reach Mainstream?

The real and unreal things Reddit says about securities lending (Premium)

A year of re-envisioning for bank funding infrastructure

SFM Interview: Murex on ML adoption trends in trading and risk management (Premium)

The politics of an ISDA “master” agreement for SFTs (Premium)

Two questions on DeFi smart contracts in repo and securities finance (Premium)

Central banks, securities finance and the stories we tell about inflation (Premium)

SFM Interview: PanAgora on using Natural Language Processing for ESG signals (Premium)

Finadium: Collateral Management Technology Vendor Survey 2021

Analysis: the FOMC conversation on a Standing Repo Facility (Premium)

WSJ article on US mutual fund returns and securities lending brings incomplete data to faulty conclusions

The pledge model is taking off in European tri-party (Premium)

SFM Interview: central bank experiments pave way for tokenized settlement (Premium)

A flurry of press releases shows strategic industry tech directions (Premium)

Two big new bank rules went into effect this week with impacts for global repo

SFM Interview: Enigmatch and contingent auctions for finding seclending liquidity (Premium)

How far can tokenization’s leaders go in securities collateral markets? (Premium)

Total Return Swap risk: Fed survey shines light on two complex dealer mechanics (Premium)

Three papers on repo and collateral show holes and opportunities in market structure (Premium)

SFM Interview: using AI and cloud to drive predictive analytics (Premium)

An argument for beneficial owners to outsource securities lending corporate governance (Premium)

SFM Interview: J.P. Morgan joins HQLA^X funding round – what’s next for the firms?

Four securities finance impacts from the Fed’s adjustment to IOER and RRP rates (Premium)

75% of repo market transactions should be STP by 2025

SFM Interview: crypto reference data crucial for institutional adoption (Premium)

Financial Bite: Doughnut Economics: adding society and environment to market costs

The relationship between Peer to Peer success and bank balance sheet availability is breaking down (Premium)

Analysis: US FINRA’s proposed short selling reporting would lead to market structure change (Premium)

It’s time to take crypto prime brokerage seriously (Premium)

SFM Interview: securities tech trends driven by unified solutions for complex decisions (Premium)

Finadium: Can Peer to Peer Securities Finance Take Off in 2021?

Could Europe’s style of SFTR transparency help US regulators in securities lending? (Premium)

FISL 2021 video replays now online

Can the Fed avoid negative US rates while not popping asset bubbles?

Europe has lessons for US cash investors as overnight rates turn negative

SFM Interview: building ESG into the mechanics of securities lending collateral (Premium)

SOFR could fall to 0 bps this month – don’t let the rounding fool you (Premium)

Agent lender tech priorities and thinking on AI/big data (Premium)

Was it fair for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to call for firing of Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Quarles over Archegos losses? (Premium)

SFM Interview: buy-side view on financing the transition to energy sustainability (Premium)

Is crypto volatility driving the S&P 500?, the benefit of regulation and other digital news