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Total repo contract value outstanding on the books of 57 firms responding to the latest European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC) survey has grown to a record €9.2 billion, rising from €8.7 billion in the June 2021 survey and up 11 per cent YoY

The ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council has updated its best practice document, providing details of recommended practices and conventions designed to support orderly trading and settlement of repurchase agreement transactions

Katie Richards joins State Street Digital’s Zurich office as global head of operations, while Marcus Grubb becomes global head of product in London

DTCC has blocked Russian securities from the Bank of Russia and The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Proximity and transfer agent Computershare have partnered to support an industry-led pilot intended to deliver end-to-end vote confirmations to improve the transparency of voting for investors and issuers

The SEC’s proposed amendments to Form PF reporting will require large hedge fund advisers to disclose extraordinary investment losses, significant margin and default events, and material change in the prime broker relationship for reporting funds

The guidelines aim to assist market participants with the implementation of CSDR ensuring that penalties are fairly distributed and applied to the party at fault

ICMA ERCC report finds that euro repo markets were orderly from an operational standpoint, but the 2021 year end was the most expensive for core repo since 2016

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

Can lenders strike the right balance between ESG investing and facilitating sustainable principles in their lending programmes?

Securities Lending Times speaks with women advocates driving forward the message of gender diversity and inclusion and looks at the progress made, challenges faced, and what is left to be achieved

With the wave of incoming collateral rules far from breaking, it’s become a question of evolve or die. In this year’s SLT Collateral Annual, the industry’s best and brightest outline the current challenges and offer potential solutions. Drew Nicol reports on the talking points

Securities finance specialists reflect on the transformation of collateral management, from an auxiliary service to a pivotal aspect of the ecosystem, and how the practice is being impacted by key regulatory initiatives

Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, a consultant on repo markets and SFTs, examines a roadmap for growth and efficiency gains in European repo markets, including a case for the repositioning of GC Pooling and €GCplus solutions

In the second of two articles, Bob Currie reviews how tax reforms are impacting securities financing markets and how tax authorities are reassessing transaction-based taxes as part of their revenue-generating powers

State Street’s new heads Taryn Siglain and Patricia Hostin share their plans for the advancement of agency lending and prime services businesses, while highlighting the importance of representation in the workforce. Carmella Haswell reports

Justin Lawson, Securities Finance Times publisher, speaks with Steven Griffiths, CEO and founder of Absolute Collateral, about the firm’s newly launched collateral management trading platform and the Gulf bond market

Alexander Westphal, ICMA director, market practice and regulatory policy, speaks to Bob Currie about repo market performance, concerns over collateral shortages and the European Repo and Collateral Council’s working agenda for 2022

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

Standard Chartered’s Madeleine Senior speaks about her ambitions for the bank’s Financing and Securities Services division and the importance of sustainability, diversity and inclusion in shaping its objectives

Carmella Haswell explores the developments taking place within the securities finance market in the Middle East and how the region is attracting interest from foreign investors

With pandemics, Brexit and trade wars, the macroeconomic landscape is fast changing beyond all recognition. But, despite this, the case for engaging in securities lending remains the same

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

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