Analysis and Interviews

Two solutions to the Hot Cash / operational deposits problem (Premium Content)

Using ETFs as collateral: will the lessons of August 24th bury that idea?

Monthly balance sheet optimization exercises in the US: data from the Fed suggests it is now a reality

Broker/dealer balance sheets and illiquidity: is regulation to blame?

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – August 31, 2015

Derivatives trades have moved from the US to Europe: has counterparty risk management kept up? (Premium Content)

The NY Fed’s Liberty Street Economics blog: is there evidence of UST liquidity in decline?

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – August 24, 2015

Are ETFs being neglected as good collateral? Markit thinks so.

GlobalCollateral: a global infrastructure for a new world (Part 2)

Finadium: Liquid Alternatives, Leverage and Prime Brokers

Finadium podcast on Airex: “Examining Liquid Alternatives”

Updates on netting, CCPs and the Leverage Ratio (Premium Content)

GlobalCollateral: a global infrastructure for a new world (Part 1)

The ISDA 2015 Collateral Survey is out. Cash remains king.

Will Basel III rules mean that seclending and repo get swallowed up by OTC derivatives? (Premium Content)

Finadium podcast on Airex: “The Stuff They Don’t Teach You in School”

LIBOR rules get down to the details in new ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) paper

Finadium’s Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2015 presentation is now online

From Wired Magazine: “Overstock CEO Uses Bitcoin Tech to Spill Wall Street Secret”. The secret is sec lending.

Utilities in securities finance: taking an old dog for a new walk (Premium Content)

Fed Governor Jerome H. Powell spoke on the factors behind disappearing US Treasury liquidity. Its not just regulation.

BNPP: what’s next in risk management for asset owners? Its a Big Data problem.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) on progress with OTC Derivatives Trade Repositories

BNYM panel on the repo market: some interesting observations

The Enterprise Cloud Model + transparency + regulation = new opportunities (Premium Content)

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – July 20, 2015

Measuring the impact of LCR and other liquidity regulation on banks – a new study by the Bank of England

US Office of Financial Research takes a closer look at funding shocks

Finadium: Decoding the US Regulatory Agenda on Securities Financing, Collateral and Leverage

Report: what really happened to Treasury Bond liquidity on October 15, 2014? (Premium Content)

New York Fed’s Liberty Street Economics: “Have Dealers’ Strategies in the GCF Repo© Market Changed?”

Asset managers on the future of General Collateral lending (Premium Content)

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – July 13, 2015

Finadium survey: asset managers on securities lending and collateral management

Who gets the business when prime custody maxes out? (Premium Content)

The FSB reports on progress in reforming the ‘IBORs

DataLend Infographic

Eased Chinese margin requirements used to prop up market. Where does the risk go?

Monday news roundup on regulatory reach and no-risk markets (Premium Content)

June 2015 Federal Reserve Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms (SCOOS) special questions: what happened to fixed-income liquidity?

The Fed’s Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey (SCOOS) on Dealer Financing Terms shows some hints of repo markets to come

China Securities Finance in the middle of Beijing’s plan to prop up market (Premium Content)

DataLend: Securities lending top 10 earning equities – July 6, 2015

Regulators make work plans on market liquidity but to what end?

Bloomberg article: “Who Will Save the Repo Market? Barclays Has a Few Ideas”. Some ideas might have been missed.

OFR Financial Stability Monitor tracks drivers behind markets. We take a close look at Funding/Liquidity.

Why has liquidity decreased in the markets? Daniel Tarullo says he isn’t sure.

Securities Finance Monitor Magazine Edition 1 is now online

How should CCP risk be evaluated? (Premium Content)