The final version of Basel III’s leverage ratio rules are providing an early Christmas present for CCPs due to re-orientation towards RWA over minimum capital requirement
Sberbank is using the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository (CSD), to provide collateral management services for interdealer repo transactions, backed by NSD’s triparty services
The German securities lending market may be on the verge of a mass exodus next month if greater transparency and standardisation isn’t brought to GITA 2018, according to ISLA
Eurosystem-wide collateral management system will merge 19 national systems into a single platform will replace the existing systems in an effort to increase overall efficiency
There needs to be more of a collaboration and a sense of partnership between global custodians, according to panellists at this year’s Global Custody Forum
“The beneficial owner discussion is tending toward a more revenue-driven narrative as we look at how securities lending evolves for that side of the supply chain”, according to Simon Lee, managing director at eSecLending
“Regulation is limiting possibilities for the securities lending market”, according to Habib Motani, an international financial markets lawyer at Clifford Chance
Central clearing for repo trades could reduce market segmentation and lead to convergence in pricing, according to the Bank for International Settlements Quarterly Review
