Analysis and Interviews

GSF Summit kicks off with cautious optimism for the future of securities finance markets (Premium)

4sight and DerivAsia Webinar Feb 18 – Collateral Management in Asia: The Transition Towards a Holistic Model

Regulators, please adjust the rules to preference the underlying markets, not the derivatives markets

SFT-R compliance and operational readiness (Premium)

EquiLend NGT: a case study with user feedback

2016 collateral tech trends: a view from the buy side (Premium)

Finadium report: The Capital Cost Calculator

Collateral management news update – vendors, products and events (Premium)

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – January 11, 2016

Notes on the Brookings conference on blockchain in capital markets

ECB report shows more market instability as central bank policy is uncertain

Finadium releases analysis of Basel revisions to credit risk rules

The CCP skin in the game debate continues: sources say it isn’t helpful (Premium)

Rate games adding to the complexity in collateralized funding markets (Premium)

The Big Short: ancient history or modern warning on derivatives?

Great FT article on seclending but Finadium data were misquoted the first time around

The DTCC old stock borrow program could be a solution to new capital problems (Premium)

Market feedback on Eurex’s Lending CCP: so far so good but more work is needed (Premium)

Finadium announces 2016 annual conference date, releases agenda

US securities based lending: Reg T and Reg U intent versus reality

Fully Paid Lending meets enterprise technology and operations (Premium)

Should we be worried about equity ETFs as the next big potential crisis? (Premium)

Dealers tackle year-end repo, part 2 (Premium)

Purpose-for-Purpose (P4P) equity collateral in US markets – moving ahead or marching in place?

Monday news roundup: repo settlement; variation margin at CCPs; the Open Ledger Project and more (Premium)

Repo prepares for a ‘scary’ year-end, part 1

Big Data comes to Securities Finance

Basel III regulation gives a specific reason for why blockchain will save banks billions in regulatory costs (Premium)

Changes in hedge fund leverage according to IOSCO

De-mystifying blockchain in financial services: feedback and questions from the Finadium client webinar (Premium)

Finadium: Regulatory Costs of OTC Derivatives vs. Securities Finance Transactions

Custody and settlement faces next-gen cyber security risks

Finadium’s blockchain and collateral IT client webinar presentation (Premium)

LCR, NSFR, HQLA? The technical reasons for why that FT article was off base

The big yawn – why a Fed rate hike no longer really matters for cash collateral in securities lending (Premium)

“The Ballad of the Repo Trader” by Bloomberg’s Tracy Alloway

Non-cleared margin rules will have serious knock-on effects to securities financing markets

The FT suggests that collateral transformations amount to regulatory arbitrage

Finadium: Survey of Collateral Management Outsourcing Providers

Why the Leverage Ratio doesn’t reduce risk, it just moves it around (Premium Content)

Negative Spreads on Interest Rate Swaps: Could Repo be the Cause?

An interesting twist in returns from cash and non-cash collateral in securities lending (Premium Content)

Regulators, please note: the focus on Shadow Banking regulation must be on the smart allowance of risk (Premium Content)

4Sight Collateral Management: Benchmarking Your Systems and Processes

Fed Governor Powell on repo CCPs: the opportunities and challenges ahead

More on the SFT stay protocol and the buy-side. Is this Hobson’s Choice?

Are collateral technology firms competitors or compliments to custodians and other outsourcers? (Premium Content)

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – November 9, 2015

Free from Finadium: Securities Lending, Market Liquidity and Retirement Savings: The Real World Impact

Extending the 48 hour collateral liquidation stay to financing trades: cash lenders won’t be happy