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Buy-side firms are relying on agent lenders to explore different means of accessing market liquidity as the securities lending discipline evolves. Carmella Haswell reports

GLMX’s chief product officer Andy Wiblin observes that securities financing markets are entering a new phase of electronification, enabling complex flows that were previously locally optimised in spreadsheets now to be digitised

Industry specialists reflect on challenges confronting buy-side firms in accessing repo markets, particularly under conditions of market stress, and what we can learn from recent experience. Carmella Haswell reports

Clients that elected to remain active lenders throughout 2021 have performed well, as have many beneficial owners and agents. But what does the coming year have in store for the securities lending market? Will 2022 see a continuation of the recent volatility and regulatory trends? And what else can we expect? BNP Paribas Securities Services shares its view on the current outlook for global securities lending markets

The optimal way to manage mid-life trade maintenance is to transact on a centralised electronic trading platform that standardises traditional and complex trade structures and streamlines manual, risk-prone event workflows, says Sal Giglio, chief operating officer, GLMX

Jonathan Lee, senior regulatory reporting specialist at Kaizen, examines the introduction of new SFTR validation rules in the UK, indicating that this is the time for firms to reassess their control environments, ensure that all in-scope transactions are reported and to consider implementing quality assurance

Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, speaks to Carmella Haswell on the trials and tribulations of its universal project to onboard validation agents in preparing securities finance markets for upcoming LEI legislation

In the second of two articles, Bob Currie evaluates the SEC’s 10c-1 proposal to promote transparency in US securities lending