Analysis and Interviews

Higher interest rates give hedge funds reasons to focus on cash sweep account returns

US regulatory dissent on Basel III Endgame votes hints at upcoming revisions

Interview: S&P Global on secfinance arbitrage during market shake-ups

Interview: Acadia’s Thomey on “post-UMR” collateral automation and optimization

Finadium: Collateral Management Technology Vendors in 2023: A Finadium Survey

Why are US regulators taking opposite positions on the expected rules for UST repo haircuts?

Market share capture opportunities for triparty in 2023

Interview: ISLA experts on navigating the ESG regulatory grey zone

New academic research on securities lending: haircuts for peer to peer; passive fund lending decisions

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2023 now online

Interview: ION’s Markman on ISO 20022 migration from FX to securities

The US Basel III endgame proposal is in, and it’s a big one

US treasury/repo clearing mandate makes derivatives markets wary on basis trade impact

Risk management, the buy-side treasury function and industry best practice

US repo trends: smaller dealers, clearing mandate, UST issuance and segment data

Interview: Herzog Law on the direction of travel for AI regulations

Over the 5%: where US Total Return Swaps are driving equity market prices

Interview: OpenGamma on buy-side liquidity planning for ISDA SIMM’s mid-year recalculation

Audio highlight: Citi’s Dave Martocci on the benefits of volatility for securities lending, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Citi’s Bill Mascaro on clients optimizing their cash and securities positions, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Fidelity Agency Lending®’s Yuri Brightly on configuration and customization in securities finance technology, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Fidelity Agency Lending®’s Justin Aldridge on demand growth for single name shorts, FISL 2023

Custom baskets are the next big opportunity for Total Return Futures

SIFMA Roundtable: US Basel III a net negative for collateral businesses

Interview: LCH RepoClear SA sees 50-60% IM reduction with merged collateral pool

As criticisms of the Fed’s Basel III plans mount, which make the most sense?

Video highlight: BNYM’s Jill Rathgeber on why the buy-side should care about securities finance CCPs, FISL 2023

Video highlight: BNYM’s Mike McAuley on the timeline for a reproposal or final of SEC Rule 10c-1 for securities lending reporting, FISL 2023

Video highlight: BNYM’s John Templeton on client needs to execute in unexpected markets, FISL 2023

Interview: Meritsoft’s Carpenter on CSDR Refit agreement and where seclending benefits

Video highlight: S&P Global’s Muju Tsay on client needs for data convergence, FISL 2023

Video highlight: JPM’s Amy Dunn on the broadening audience of clients for liquidity services, FISL 2023

Video highlight: S&P Global’s Melissa Gow on revenue concentration in the specials market, FISL 2023

Generating Treasury Alpha: Five Simple Strategies for Hedge Funds to Optimise their Financing Costs

The Regulated Liability Network looks pretty interesting for overlaying DLT onto capital markets

Interview: LCH SwapAgent’s Barnes on cross-currency swap signals for repo

The numbers on China’s repo market for international banks

Video highlight: GLMX’s Sal Giglio on building a single point of connectivity to the market, FISL 2023

Video highlight: State Street’s Taryn Siglain on diversifying types of prime brokerage offerings, FISL 2023

Video highlight: State Street’s Owen Nichols on what peer to peer means for client liquidity solutions, FISL 2023

Interview: Wematch on what banks are doing to handle the TRS boom

Interview: Cboe Clear Europe’s Patel describes the new SFT clearing service

Large firm attitudes are changing towards the NSCC SFT CCP

What agent lender public filings suggest about the state of securities lending indemnification

Finadium: Survey finds triparty assets at US$8.87 trillion

Video highlight: Stonewain’s Chris Valentino on the need for platform flexibility and interoperability, FISL 2023

Video highlight: DTCC’s Jim Hraska on porting client clearing functionality between FICC and NSCC, FISL 2023

Video highlight: Natixis’s Chris Blas on opportunities for growing competitors in the prime brokerage market, FISL 2023

Four big takeaways from ISLA’s 2023 annual conference

Video: Olivier Zemb de CACEIS sur comment les coûts de Basel III changent agency securities lending