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Securities finance news and commentary

Industry

Particula to launch risk ratings on SuperApps platform

24 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The digital assets prime rating provider will launch its risk ratings on Ownera’s platform, aiming to address the lack of an evaluation standard equivalent to those used by traditional securities

Repo

Firms advance cross-border collateral mobility on Canton

24 February 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This latest set of transactions showcases continued momentum in cross-border intraday repo activity across a growing variety of asset classes

Industry

Wematch.live launches client-facing securities finance agent

24 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Oz filters platform data and returns relevant reporting and insight in real time, reducing friction across day-to-day workflows

People moves

Broadridge promotes Troise

24 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

People moves

Griffiths leaves ISLA

23 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Regulation

ESMA fines REGIS-TR

20 February 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The European Securities and Markets Authority imposed the highest ever fine on a trade repository due to the firm not complying with key organisational obligations laid down in EMIR and SFTR

Industry

Caventor Capital joins Eurex Clearing

20 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firm, which aims to empower clients with enhanced pricing through aggregated volume and trading opportunities, joins as the first ‘approved broker’ of its kind in the programme

Industry

NBIM and Credit Benchmark partner

19 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The partnership will allow Norges Bank Investment Management to embed independent, consensus-driven credit intelligence into its counterparty selection, collateral assessment, and risk monitoring frameworks

Repo

CBA joins RepoClear at LCH

19 February 2026 Australia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

This builds on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s previous engagement with RepoClear after joining as the first Australian member of RepoClear at LCH

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Features

The rise of UK retail

In the UK, securities lending is no longer just for institutional investors. As retail investing becomes increasingly popular, the lending side has stepped up the pace to match. Hansa Tote explores

Theatre is over

Glenn Handley, founder and CEO of SecFin Solutions, looks at why T+1 settlement and structural balance sheet pressures leave tokenisation not as an efficiency play, but as a necessity for systemic survival

Bring to bear: How markets looks to strengthen repo infrastructure

Industry experts discuss the underlying plumbing required to support the repo market, the broader use and acceptance of digital assets, and regional initiatives leading to an inflection point for institutional repo

Is AI vs humans the right question?

Martin Walker, product manager at FIS, reflects on how the industry should look to use AI to supplement rather replace people, in improving efficiency, quality, and operational risk in securities finance

Extending the reach of secured funding and finance: A meeting point for the market

Clearstream’s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast reflect on a year of strong growth in cleared and triparty repo, high volumes in GC lending, new entrants to financing markets, and steps to bring a wider range of digital assets into the collateral pool

A new dawn

As the securities finance industry welcomes 2026, Hansa Tote gathers insights from industry experts on what they expect from the upcoming year

A transformative year: 2025 unpacked

In a review of the last year, Hansa Tote invites industry experts to discuss the drivers that have shaped the securities finance industry over the past 12 months

Extending the reach of secured funding and finance: A meeting point for the market

Clearstream’s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast reflect on a year of strong growth in cleared and triparty repo, high volumes in GC lending, new entrants to financing markets and steps to bring a wider range of digital assets into the collateral pool

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Podcasts

Acadia Ahead of the Curve

Word on the (Clear) Street

eSecLending Insights

Making Sense

Interviews

EquiLend

Reading short interest through the lending market

Nancy Allen, head of Data & Analytics Solutions at EquiLend, introduces the firm’s new daily Predicted Short Interest, designed to give an AI‑derived view of current short exposure

Tak Sugahara

From the ground up: The faces behind APAC’s stock loan market

Following an impressive career spanning 40 years in finance, Tak Sugahara sits down with Carmella Haswell to uncover his journey in building Japan’s domestic SBL market outside of the JSFC

USS Investment Management Limited

Playing the long game

Ben Clissold of USS Investment Management Limited sits down with Carmella Haswell to review the importance of securities lending, tokenisation, and how the trustee supports the largest pension scheme for universities and higher education in the UK

Ownera

Solving the problem nobody wants to talk about

Hansa Tote sits down with Ami Ben-David, founder and CEO of Ownera, to talk about current trends, what sets the firm apart, and the tokenisation journey

BBVA

Expanding an institutional business

Leading BBVA’s global Securities Finance Trading business, Michael Manna speaks with Carmella Haswell about this global unit following its inception in 2022, the drive to expand in Mexico, and next steps for the firm

Provable Markets

Looking on the horizon: Channeling systemic growth

The Provable Markets team sit down with Hansa Tote to discuss leading the industry forward as the firm maps out its next steps to accelerate growth through build outs and new team players, and the strive to ‘do more with less’

Eurex Repo and Clearstream

Frank Gast and Marton Szigeti

2026 marks 30 years of Deutsche Börse Group’s Global Funding and Financing Summit. Hansa Tote speaks with Clearstream’s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo’s Frank Gast to discuss the last three decades

Broadridge

Darren Crowther

Darren Crowther, head of Securities Finance Solutions at Broadridge, shares how digital infrastructure, automation, and cross-industry collaboration are unlocking new levels of transparency, efficiency, and competitiveness

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Magazine

News and people moves roundup

Solving the problem

Ownera’s Ami Ben-David on the tokenisation journey and what sets the firm apart.

Reading short interest through the lending market

Nancy Allen, head of Data & Analytics Solutions at EquiLend, introduces the firm’s new daily Predicted Short Interest, designed to give an AI?derived view of current short exposure.

The rise of UK retail

In the UK, securities lending is no longer just for institutional investors. As retail investing becomes increasingly popular, the lending side has stepped up the pace to match. Hansa Tote explores.

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