Asia Pacific

The document includes summaries of the Korean Broker annex, Korean Securities Depository (KSD) annex, Malaysia addendum and Taiwan addendum, extending their legal opinions covering use of the GMSLA to 64 jurisdictions

Tony Smith, former head of collateral management product for Asia Pacific, has departed from the firm after more than 15 years

Jason Wells, Asia Pacific head of agency trading at State Street Bank and Trust, will replace former chair Ben Burns, who recently resigned from his position following his departure from BlackRock

Burns will begin his new role with immediate effect as former PASLA chair Stuart Jones relinquishes his position

Sean Greaves, Karim Chabane and Poya Bozorgi have been appointed as executive committee members at the Pan-Asia Securities Lending Association

Today’s meeting of the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Asia reflected on concentration risk arising from dependence on a small number of third-party service providers, along with macroeconomic imperatives linked to COVID-19

The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association and the Risk Management Association, working in collaboration with EquiLend, have released the latest version of their APAC Securities Lending Market user guide, covering 14 markets in the region

Sourcing the right collateral is an increasing priority for the financial industry in Asia, according to the results of a poll conducted at the 5th Global Securities Financing Conference Asia...