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Stock Connect - Changing the game for financing China A-Shares

J.P. Morgan, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Linklaters have come together to offer an in-depth overview of the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect, along with key legal considerations and how securities can be utilised within a triparty collateral management structure

Watch this space

The Asia Pacific region remains a hot-bed of activity for securities lending markets and PASLA has been proactively assisting the region’s markets in their evolution

Canadian securities lending

Leading figures from Canada’s securities lending market offer an update on the key issues of the moment, including collateral changes, cannabis short interest and adapting to an environment with COVID-19

Asia: On the rise

Industry leaders from the Asian securities lending sector discuss the region’s outperforming revenue, the effects of the coronavirus on behaviour and which markets will lead the pack in 2020

Warning: Change ahead

Industry experts offer a run-down of everything to be cognisant of in the US market for 2020, from fixing the repo market and possible collateral rule changes, to revenue predictions and much more

Canada

Canada’s cannabis stocks were one of the major hot topics for the securities lending industry in 2019, but, as we look into 2020, there are further developments that we can expect to see for the country in the new year

India

India’s securities lending market continues to grow, with borrowing volumes hitting record levels in October, but what should the country do to maintain this momentum?

Africa

Ronke Ayegbajeje of Stanbic IBTC discusses securities lending as a market catalyst

Spain

Current restrictions prevent locally domiciled funds from fully engaging in securities lending, but industry experts are optimistic that this could be relaxed

UK

Against a politically uncertain backdrop, the UK’s securities lending industry is seeing growth and preparing for the next wave of regulation, while the risks of a no deal Brexit continues to place pressure on financial services

The standout Asian market

As the second largest securities lending market in APAC, Hong Kong has been the success story in recent times and industry experts are seeing continued growth for clients there

The Great White North

The strength and stability of the country’s securities lending market was reinforced at the Canadian Securities Lending Association’s 9th Annual Conference, and panellists suggested positive change is happening in Canada

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