The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) is a leading non-profit industry association, representing the common interests of securities lending and financing market participants across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Co-authored with Capital Credit Ratings, this paper serves as the 2026 update to ISLA’s 2023 report and provides a comprehensive analysis of the Basel framework
The 33rd Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference in Lisbon hosted several discussions on the market, including on global advocacy, regulatory, and legal highlights shaping the securities finance
The ‘Importance of Global Alliance: Aligning Priorities & Making Collaborative Progress’ panel saw industry experts discuss shared priorities across regions, from T+1 settlement to Islamic finance
Headquartered in Riyadh, BSF Capital is a financial services provider and the investment arm of BSF, a banking institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Stephen O’Donnell joins ISLA from BNY, where he spent four years as EMEA head of sales and relationship management for global collateral and global clearing
In the new exemptive order, the SEC allows broker-dealers to pledge baskets of liquid equity securities as collateral when borrowing equity securities from customers under a ‘fully-paid borrow’