Country profiles

The West African market has exceeded all growth expectations this year, with the value of assets on loan up 27,000 percent YoY, its first CCPs being approved and the introduction of ETDs

With pandemics, Brexit and trade wars, the macroeconomic landscape is fast changing beyond all recognition. But, despite this, the case for engaging in securities lending remains the same

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

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

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

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

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’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