FIS insights

The power of the retail investor is increasing, affecting the way issuers communicate with their investors, how service providers deliver their offerings and how regulators supervise. FIS’ David Lewis examines the implications for securities finance markets

Regulators will push through a full agenda in 2022 designed to tighten market behaviour and to improve standards. But there are no new rules to encourage caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware, observes FIS’s David Lewis

Whether it is SFTR or SFDR, regulators must be clear about regulatory objectives, the data to be gathered and how they measure that data, says FIS’ David Lewis. A lack of certainty runs the risk that regulations will have the opposite effect to what was intended

There is widespread opportunity for the finance industry to support the principles of sustainable securities lending, however progress might be measured or guided by regulators and central banks, says FIS’ David Lewis

Collateral re-use dropped off dramatically after the financial crisis of 2008, but has been recovering since 2016. FIS’ David Lewis explores the implications

For market data providers, it has taken years of processing to deliver solid, accurate data to a demanding marketplace. FIS’ David Lewis evaluates the difficulties that market authorities face in establishing reporting requirements that provide detailed insight into securities finance markets

David Lewis, FIS’ senior director for securities finance and global head of Astec Analytics, reflects on the drive to promote a common domain model and to deliver consistency in securities lending performance measurement

Yields on German Bunds have been negative since Q2 2019 but David Lewis of FIS says that a return to positive yields is on the cards due to a number of factors and influences, including a change in political management