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A lending hand



Rising from the ashes of the credit crunch, peer-to-peer securities lending has opened doors for investors and borrowers, seemingly providing an attractive alternative to traditional lending mechanisms. Built for the new age, could this be the way forward for securities lending and repo markets?
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Fresh pair of eyes



A year after go-live, SFTR’s successes and failures have been scrutinised in a Pirum and IHS Markit survey — IHS Markit’s executive director for SFTR Fabien Romero and Que-Phuong Dufournet-Tran, director for trading services and analytics and regulatory affairs, spoke to SFT about the lessons learned, what work still needs to be done and why SFTR is a model for future regulations
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The new space race



With investment in SPACs skyrocketing over the past year, the FCA has published new listing rules to open up the UK market to SPACs and protect investors. But is it enough? Carmella Haswell reports
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A year into SFTR: the devil remains in the detail



As we reach the first anniversary of implementation of the Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) for the first cohort of firms, it seems an appropriate time to ask ourselves what we have learnt. Jonathan Lee, senior regulatory reporting expert at Kaizen Reporting, shares his assessment
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Big things have small beginnings



Beneficial owner-run, peer-to-peer securities lending network GPFA has weathered the pandemic and come out the other side to celebrate its one-year anniversary. Rob Goobie, GPFA chair and AVP, collateral management, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) looks back on the Association’s successes and where it’s headed as the world returns to normal
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Frictionless trade: collateral just the beginning



Guido Stroemer at HQLAX sets out how the firm’s collateral mobility-boosting distributed ledger technology lays the groundwork for its long-term vision to transition towards a frictionless model of asset transfers
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New World, Old World



Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï finance experts are applying advantages from the new digitised world to address historical inefficiencies in securities lending, financing and collateral management.
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Extending capital market access through blockchain



LiquidShare CEO Jean-Marc Eyssautier and lead IT architect Emil Kirschner talk to Bob Currie about the company’s strategic pivot, the strength of its capital market operations expertise and the advantages it derives from its DLT-based technology
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Settlement Efficiency: Failure is not an option



Michael Jahn, director of Eurex Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Transactions Services (Eurex STS), advises on how to prepare for the Settlement Discipline Regime under CSDR and how to engage with the buy-in agent
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Repo the rewards



Broadridge’s new distributed ledger repo platform provides a single location where market participants can agree, execute and settle repo transactions and promises to save users millions of dollars through operational efficiencies, risk reduction, and increased collateral liquidity
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Fair, Orderly and Transparent



David Lewis, FIS’ senior director, securities finance and global head of Astec Analytics, reflects on regulators’ guidance for short sellers and efforts to ensure a fair and transparent marketplace
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Towards A Sustainable Repo Market



Gerard Denham, Senior Vice President, Funding & Financing Business Development at Eurex, outlines the latest developments in sustainable finance, the role of the repo market and the progress of the Eurex Repo Green Bond General Collateral Baskets