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EMIR and SFTR data quality ‘significantly enhanced’, says ESMA report
01 April 2022
Europe Reporter Carmella Haswell

Compared to the previous year, misreporting of valuations under EMIR fell by around 50 per cent across reporting firms subject to the review

Global on-loan securities hit record €2.7tn in December, says ISLA market report
10 March 2022
Global Reporter Carmella Haswell

The 16th edition of the Securities Lending Market Report provides HSBC insights of equity and fixed income markets, alongside ISLA commentary on SFTR data reported to trade repositories

Regulators should review UCITS terms to make them more lendable, members tell BoE Committee
03 February 2022
UK Reporter Bob Currie

In a wide-ranging discussion, the BoE's Securities Lending Committee addressed agent lender disclosures, problems of lending UCITS, and pressure on lending revenues, according to the newly-released minutes of its November meeting

ISLA responds to SEC 10c-1, reflecting on SFTR experience
11 January 2022
US Reporter Bob Currie

The International Securities Lending Association’s response to the SEC 10c-1 consultation comments on reporting timeframes, issues of scope and extraterritoriality, along with the value of a consensus-derived market data standard

SFTS: SFTR compliance concerns will escalate when fines are issued
04 November 2021
UK Reporter Carmella Haswell

Compliance concerns will escalate considerably once the first fine is issued, says one panellist at this year’s Securities Finance Technology Symposium

ICMA ERCC releases updated SFTR reporting recommendations
21 October 2021
UK Reporter Carmella Haswell

The updated document reveals an increase in ICMA members, four fixed income market area priorities and alterations to SFTR reporting requirements

G20 Data Gaps Initiative publishes latest progress report
08 October 2021
Reporter Bob Currie

FSB and IMF pinpoint securities financing transactions as one of four areas where steps to implement G20 DGI recommendations unlikely to hit targets for 2021

BoE Sec Lending Committee reflects on SFTR data, ESG and tokenisation
29 September 2021
UK Reporter Bob Currie

The fallout from Brexit, diversity and inclusion and sustainable stock lending all featured in discussion at the quarterly Securities Lending Committee at the Bank of England, where lending experts exchange views on the state of market

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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

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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

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Transparency works both ways — is 10c-1a the wrong type of transparency?

Rule 10c-1a will increase transparency in the US securities lending market but not necessarily in the ways everyone wants or anticipates, says Broadridge's Martin Walker, head of product management at SFCM, and Valarie Thorgerson, senior director of product management

Interviews
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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

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Simon Tomlinson and Nehal Udeshi
BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon’s Simon Tomlinson, global head of securities finance trading, and Nehal Udeshi, global head of securities finance, speak to Carmella Haswell about the firm’s journey to develop a more client-centric, innovative solutions-orientated approach, forming connections across the financing, liquidity and collateral ecosystem

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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