ISLA’s CEO Andrew Dyson and first female chair Ina Budh-Raja speak with Carmella Haswell on the Association's three-year strategy as the industry undergoes an unprecedented period of transformative change
Divyesh Bhakta, founder and CEO of FinOptSys, reveals the firm’s road to innovation through key partnerships, product offerings and combating challenges to build the core pieces of its platform
In the first of two articles on collateral management strategy, Bob Currie examines advances in collateral optimisation and electronic negotiation of collateral schedules
Paul Solway, communications officer at PASLA and BNY Mellon’s head of securities finance for Asia, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the opportunities presented across the APAC market, PASLA’s focus for 2023 and how Q1 is shaping up for the industry
While not providing a silver bullet, the application of technology to specific pain points offers potential for major efficiency gains in securities finance. Carmella Haswell reports
Published each January, the ICMA European Repo and Collateral Committee year-end report examines how end-of-year conditions have impacted leading repo markets. Bob Currie analyses its latest release
Bob Currie speaks to Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast, Carsten Hiller and Jonathan Lombardo about the rediscovery of GC Pooling as a liquidity management solution, steps to attract buy-side customers to cleared repo and the organisation’s strategic focus for 2023 and beyond
Bob Currie examines how the industry has reacted to SEC proposals, announced for consultation in September 2022, that could mandate central clearing for a wide array of US treasury-based transactions, potentially including repo, securities lending and UST cash securities trades
Despite a particularly volatile environment, securities lending continued to thrive in 2022. Kyle Kolasingh, director of securities finance at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, shares his perspective on the past year and what lies ahead for 2023
The Central Bank of Ireland and Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier have written to GBP-denominated liability-driven investment funds outlining actions to protect fund resilience in the event of market shocks. Bob Currie reports
The Know-Your-Client process is the backbone of a successful compliance and risk management programme, but market participants are voicing concern over the labour-intensive process. Transparency, centralisation and automation are key to tackling the complexity of KYC, writes Carmella Haswell