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Spotlight on cash reinvestment

As 2023 advances and the interest rate versus inflation debate edges towards a natural conclusion, the market can be confident that cash collateral will continue to play a key role in generating risk-adjusted returns for lenders, says S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance, Matthew Chessum

Asia outlook

The APAC region remains highly significant in terms of the pace of growth of its securities finance market and its contribution to global revenues, says S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance, Matthew Chessum

Pressure on EV share prices charges sec finance revenues

Difficult macroeconomic conditions for electric vehicle and software services sectors are unlikely to suddenly improve and these will continue to propel securities finance revenues, observes S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance, Matthew Chessum

Securities finance and collateral: Which levers should you pull in 2023?

Continued pressure on margins during 2023 will bring additional scrutiny to the cost of executing business, predicts FIS’ David Lewis. For the industry, the question will be when, and how hard, to pull the levers that are in reach to improve efficiency and to reduce cost

A fruitful 2022 for securities finance markets

S&P Global Market Intelligence’s director of securities finance, Matthew Chessum, and director for beneficial owner services, Rob Nunn, review securities lending market revenues during 2022 and provide pointers for expected market performance into 2023

Into the Matrix

Questions have been raised over the due diligence undertaken on cryptoexchange FTX, where nothing untoward about its financial controls was reported until it went bankrupt. FIS’ David Lewis examines the implications for conducting risk reviews in a world of traditional and digital assets

Moving with the times

FIS’ David Lewis explores how new generations of employees and clients are driving change in securities finance and how performance in the 2020s will be measured by more than basis point returns

Could it be a record year for securities finance revenues?

If markets continue to trend higher and the recent volatility continues, these could be perfect conditions for securities finance revenues to deliver impressive returns during H2, observes Matthew Chessum, director, securities finance, S&P Global Market Intelligence