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Global PSSL has launched its revised and updated principles on sustainable securities lending, which have 17 opening signatories
Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending has published a draft of its standard on how to strengthen sustainable finance with interconnected collateral for securities lending
Designed to provide a means for continuous review and evaluation through voluntary collaboration, the recommendations propose a monitoring role for regulators and central banks as well as international organisations
Blue Orca Capital’s Soren Aandahl will co-chair Global PSSL’s workstream on Short–Long Investments and ESG
High-profile short sellers including Muddy Waters, J Capital Research and Quintessential Capital Management, discussed how the voluntary standard can be interwoven with established principles of activist shorting
The ESG-focused not-for-profit has expanded its College of Advisors and is now accepting input from individuals from organisations that engage in securities lending directly, provided they sit outside the lending departments
ISLA's newly-launched ESG steering group is split into four key pillars: thought leadership, advocacy, regulation and best practice. Each will take on an element of advancing the integration of sustainable financing into securities lending
Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending has launched a public consultation on its draft ESG principles and is requesting responses to a survey
SFT asked 12 firms about their priorities and expectations for 2022. With the advancement of technology and the adoption of new regulation at the forefront of many minds, participants are set to release new products and services as they enter the new year with a positive mindset and high hopes for the industry. Carmella Haswell reports
The ultra-high growth ESG sector claims to have laudable aims of offering investors a way to support the transition to a more sustainable world, but is market enthusiasm creating a breeding ground for fraud? Short sellers think so
ESG was firmly in the spotlight well before COVID-19 ran a coach and horses through global economies
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
