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FIS has appointed Ralph Achkar as head of product strategy for digital assets, currency, and blockchain technology

Running from January 2022, the new agreement will encourage further standardisation and digitisation of securities lending documentation, providing mutual access for members to GMSLA annexes and related docs on the association websites

The European Commission has postponed the implementation of Central Securities Depositories Regulation mandatory buy-in provisions following months of speculation

ISLA has announced that the collaborative global group formed by five securities lending industry associations will be formally known as the Global Alliance of Securities Lending Associations

MUFG announces an agreement to sell all shares of its MUFG Union Bank to U.S Bancorp, effective in 2022

Brown will cultivate and deepen relations with existing clients and develop new relationships in the collateral, legal and margin domains across derivatives, repo and securities lending

The merger will enable the partners to arrange and deliver such services to institutional and large asset owners based in the country

“This partnership between FAB and State Street presents a unique proposition for MENA investors and those who invest in the region," says Ron O’Hanley

Securities lending specialists reflect on the drivers of performance in the Canadian market over the past 12 months, key changes in technology and market practice and how the future looks for the rest of 2023 and beyond

Canada-based securities lending specialists speak to SFT about the market outlook, technology, sustainable lending and what will drive their development expenditure moving into 2023

As the dust settles on the collapse of Wirecard, regulators shouldn’t sweep their part in the scandal under the rug ignoring the short selling ban that protected fraudsters

Paul Solway, communications officer at PASLA and BNY Mellon’s head of securities finance for Asia, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the opportunities presented across the APAC market, PASLA’s focus for 2023 and how Q1 is shaping up for the industry

Despite a particularly volatile environment, securities lending continued to thrive in 2022. Kyle Kolasingh, director of securities finance at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, shares his perspective on the past year and what lies ahead for 2023

Sharegain’s deputy CEO and chief of staff Keren Halperin speaks to Bob Currie about democratising share ownership rights, how to scale a fintech and lessons that yoga and surfing can offer to solutions development

Bob Currie gauges industry reaction to recent dialogue on CSDR settlement discipline and assesses how well market participants have adapted to the cash penalties regime

Irais Vargas, head of securities lending and global operations at Grupo Bursatil Mexicano (GBM), speaks to SFT about the expansion of securities lending opportunities in the Mexican market

Matthew Cohen, chief executive of Provable Markets, speaks to Bob Currie about the benefits that their vertically-integrated ATS is bringing to securities finance and how cryptographic research is driving their approach to product design and development over the medium and long term

Donato D’Eramo, head of securities finance at RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS), speaks to SFT about his team’s projections for Canada’s securities lending market, its commitment to data innovation and CASLA’s regulatory focus for the year ahead

Risk Management Association’s Securities Lending Council provides a key resource for the industry and its regulators to ensure transparent and well-functioning securities lending markets. RMA’s Fran Garritt tells SFT where it will be focusing its attention during 2022

Having attended the SASLA Conference in Cape Town last month, Carmella Haswell provides a roundup of major findings from the Association's key industry discussions

Carmella Haswell explores South Africa’s transition from its first securities finance transaction in 1988 to its current status as Africa’s largest securities lending market

The UK’s securities lending landscape seems to be holding steady, but with the country’s EU membership under scrutiny, is there danger ahead?

The triumvirate of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have got the basics right. But are they too small to thrive?