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ESMA firms up guidelines for SFT position calculation by trade repositories
26 May 2021
France Reporter Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator applies framework to ensure consistency across EMIR and SFTR

Associations publish SFTR statement updating collateral provisions post-Brexit
19 May 2021
UK Reporter Alex Pugh

The UK SFTR Information Statement is based upon the Information Statement previously published and has been adjusted to reflect the equivalent provisions of UK SFTR

Pirum’s SFTR solution enables new counterpart communication function
12 May 2021
UK Reporter Alex Pugh

The communication add-on to Pirum and IHS Markit’s trade reconciliation, collateral and margin lending Joint SFTR solution will help UK and European trades run more smoothly

ESMA’s first SFTR data quality report makes light reading
16 April 2021
France Reporter Alex Pugh

Despite a year of SFTR reporting, the European regulator’s data quality report is sparse on detail but ESMA says it’s on the case and will build out its findings next year

Continue to look the other way over LEIs, ESMA tells supervisory authorities
13 March 2021
France Reporter Alex Pugh

The European regulator says national supervisory authorities should turn a blind eye to empty LEI fields until October next year on the same day the original 12-month grace period expires

UK regulator extends LEI reporting deadline
06 April 2021
UK Reporter Alex Pugh

ISLA says it hopes that a similar reprieve will come from the European regulator before the 12-month grace period lapses next week

Euro repo market in December down YoY, ICMA survey shows
24 March 2021
UK Reporter Alex Pugh

Data from the ICMA’s 40th annual survey of the European repo market reveals how an unusual year has shaped the market both in the short and long-term

HSBC completes first securities lending transaction in Saudi Arabia
17 March 2021
Saudi Arabia Reporter Drew Nicol

The global securities lending market sees Saudi Arabia as a key MENA growth market and the International Securities Lending Association ​is among international players seeking to act as handmaiden in the market’s development

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Canada securities lending panel

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

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Repo market panel: a return to normalised market-based financing?

Repo market practitioners share their views with SFT on recent trading dynamics in global repo markets, the impact of monetary tightening, automation across the repo lifecycle and new opportunities available through P2P repo

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Securities Finance Technology Symposium

Catch up on all the biggest talking points from the days six panels

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US Securities Lending Panel

US-based securities lending specialists focus on recent market performance, projections for 2023, and the potential impact of further Fed tightening on trading and collateralisation strategies

Features
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Scaling businesses in Asia

Broadridge’s Darren Crowther sits down with Carmella Haswell to discuss the events shaping Asia’s key markets as the firm sets to expand in the region, as well as the technological trends catching the eye of clients

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The future of sec lending

Tim Smith, managing director of data insights at Hazeltree, delves into how regulation is transforming the securities lending landscape and how technology plays a critical role in this evolution

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PASLA: a roundup of the Asian market

Having attended the PASLA Conference in Singapore earlier this month, Carmella Haswell provides a roundup of major findings from the Association's key industry discussions

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Making a Mark

TP ICAP's Nichola Hunter and Adam Southern speak to Carmella Haswell about the firm's new "front-end refresh" and wider plans to drive the growth of its eRepo platform

Interviews
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Philip Morgan and Jacob Koopmans
Pirum

As Pirum approaches 25 years in the business, CEO Philip Morgan and chief revenue officer Jacob Koopmans share their thoughts on where the company is today, how their team has tackled inefficiencies in the securities finance marketplace, and how they combined scale and creativity to grow from fintech roots

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Anish Patel and Dan Long
GLMX

The regulatory landscape is evolving in ways that require the market to decide how technology will enable them to satisfy their obligations, while optimising how they execute their business. GLMX’s director of business development, Anish Patel, and securities lending product manager, Dan Long, sat down with SFT to discuss their expectations for the year ahead

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Joseph Russo and Olivia Russell
GLMX

GLMX’s Joseph Russo, senior advisor, and Olivia Russell, sales, client development and marketing, provide insights into the growth of securities lending and cash reinvestment trading on the platform, as well as the firm’s expansion into electronic trading of money market instruments

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Fidelity outlines investment strategy for growth of its agency lending business

SFT spoke with four senior Fidelity leaders to discuss the importance of making technology and intellectual capital investments to enhance agency lending for clients. For this conversation, Bob Currie is joined by Fidelity executives Todd Bosworth, head of US trading, Yuri Brightly, head of securities finance platform, Marney McCabe, head of relationship management, and Jon Whiting, head of international trading

Country profiles
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Canadian securities lending

Leading figures from Canada’s securities lending market offer an update on the key issues of the moment, including collateral changes, cannabis short interest and adapting to an environment with COVID-19

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Asia: On the rise

Industry leaders from the Asian securities lending sector discuss the region’s outperforming revenue, the effects of the coronavirus on behaviour and which markets will lead the pack in 2020

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Warning: Change ahead

Industry experts offer a run-down of everything to be cognisant of in the US market for 2020, from fixing the repo market and possible collateral rule changes, to revenue predictions and much more

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UK

Against a politically uncertain backdrop, the UK’s securities lending industry is seeing growth and preparing for the next wave of regulation, while the risks of a no deal Brexit continues to place pressure on financial services

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