Global PSSL launches public consultation
18 March 2026 Wales
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Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending Community Interest Company (Global PSSL CIC) has launched a public consultation on its 2026 Action Plan.
The entity is seeking to address commitments and governance standards being set before financial instruments enter the market.
The organisation is inviting input from the wider public, including asset owners, market participants, regulators, and technology specialists interested in improving transparency across the lifecycle of financial instruments.
The 2026 plan prioritises action over rhetoric, focusing on testing metrics for the ABC Score , a FinGovTech mechanism designed to increase transparency in financial services.
The United Nations Pathways Programme has been embedded across the entire Action Plan.
ABC Score is designed as a governance calibration architecture rather than a static rating product, focusing primarily on post-issuance financial practices and structural accountability, while progressively extending to governance at the issuance stage.
Global PSSL states that, for asset owners and investors, this approach can strengthen fiduciary oversight and help protect the long-term value of portfolios against governance risks that may arise after issuance as financial instruments move through the wider financial ecosystem.
For consumers and pension beneficiaries, greater transparency can support stronger safeguards around how savings are used, including in practices such as securities lending, collateral management, and securitisation structures that may influence investment outcomes before and after assets reach the market.
For intermediaries such as banks, service providers, and consultants, ABC Score can provide a structured way to demonstrate their commitment to reducing information asymmetries and strengthening trust across financial markets.
For technology experts, the initiative creates an opportunity to showcase responsible practical solutions, including the use of AI, blockchain, and other digital tools that may help inform the ongoing development of the ABC Score governance architecture.
The firm also highlights for regulators, it offers a practical, industry-informed blueprint that can support more effective market oversight.
Dr Radek Stech, CEO of Global PSSL CIC, and founder of ABC Score, states: “I am pleased that we have leadership from asset owners in testing key metrics, and that several other stakeholders will contribute to testing approaches that could benefit consumers, the development community and investors.
“ABC Score presents a unique opportunity, but its development will depend on maintaining strong institutional memory and continued collaboration to advance transparency.
“Since 2018, I have worked with many major market participants around these themes and have seen how complex market structures, combined with powerful structural incentives, can lead to fragmentation, loss of transparency and stalled progress.
“These observations helped shape the development of ABC Score as a FinGovTech mechanism aimed at strengthening governance across the lifecycle of financial instruments.”
The entity is seeking to address commitments and governance standards being set before financial instruments enter the market.
The organisation is inviting input from the wider public, including asset owners, market participants, regulators, and technology specialists interested in improving transparency across the lifecycle of financial instruments.
The 2026 plan prioritises action over rhetoric, focusing on testing metrics for the ABC Score , a FinGovTech mechanism designed to increase transparency in financial services.
The United Nations Pathways Programme has been embedded across the entire Action Plan.
ABC Score is designed as a governance calibration architecture rather than a static rating product, focusing primarily on post-issuance financial practices and structural accountability, while progressively extending to governance at the issuance stage.
Global PSSL states that, for asset owners and investors, this approach can strengthen fiduciary oversight and help protect the long-term value of portfolios against governance risks that may arise after issuance as financial instruments move through the wider financial ecosystem.
For consumers and pension beneficiaries, greater transparency can support stronger safeguards around how savings are used, including in practices such as securities lending, collateral management, and securitisation structures that may influence investment outcomes before and after assets reach the market.
For intermediaries such as banks, service providers, and consultants, ABC Score can provide a structured way to demonstrate their commitment to reducing information asymmetries and strengthening trust across financial markets.
For technology experts, the initiative creates an opportunity to showcase responsible practical solutions, including the use of AI, blockchain, and other digital tools that may help inform the ongoing development of the ABC Score governance architecture.
The firm also highlights for regulators, it offers a practical, industry-informed blueprint that can support more effective market oversight.
Dr Radek Stech, CEO of Global PSSL CIC, and founder of ABC Score, states: “I am pleased that we have leadership from asset owners in testing key metrics, and that several other stakeholders will contribute to testing approaches that could benefit consumers, the development community and investors.
“ABC Score presents a unique opportunity, but its development will depend on maintaining strong institutional memory and continued collaboration to advance transparency.
“Since 2018, I have worked with many major market participants around these themes and have seen how complex market structures, combined with powerful structural incentives, can lead to fragmentation, loss of transparency and stalled progress.
“These observations helped shape the development of ABC Score as a FinGovTech mechanism aimed at strengthening governance across the lifecycle of financial instruments.”
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