Interviews

One year on from the launch of EquiLend’s RegTech Solutions, head of the division Kevin McNulty reviews its accomplishments over the past 12 months, the top concerns for market participants and implementing new technology amid mandate changes

Yuka Hasumi, head of EquiLend Japan, speaks to Carmella Haswell on the firm’s plan to transform the securities lending space through its 1Source initiative, the varying pace of change for regulation globally and trading opportunities

Following on from our policy update on CSDR settlement discipline in SFT 309, EquiLend associate director for post-trade solutions Gabi Mantle reflects on how CSDR fails reporting and cash penalties has impacted settlement efficiency and market behaviour

As Mike Norwood takes over as global trading product owner at EquiLend, he talks through the challenges of remote working, how trends around the growth of electronic trading in securities finance have been over the last several years and what the future holds for innovation in securities finance technology

Brian Lamb discusses how EquiLend has adjusted to remote working practices and explains that the firm’s development pipeline has never dried up, despite the disruption

After the recent launch of the Latin America Securities Finance User Guide, Fran Garritt of the RMA and Dan Dougherty of EquiLend discuss their motivations behind the guide and the developments they expect to see in the region

Iain Mackay of EquiLend suggests there has been a wide range of preparedness for SFTR, but says that overall engagement has been excellent

EquiLend global trading product owner, Alvin Oh, outlines some of the lessons learnt in the rise of the NGT trading platform, and lays out plans for further growth

Matt Wolfe, vice president of product development at OCC, and Dan Dougherty, COO of EquiLend Clearing Services, discuss their companies’ partnership and recent developments in the securities financing marketplace

Securities finance has an opportunity to make strategic changes that could take it to the next level of sophistication, efficiency and profitability, only if participants work together, according to EquiLend’s Iain Mackay

Swaptimization, the new service from EquiLend, promises to make the total return swaps market more efficient. Tim Keenan and James Palmer explain

Following clients’ demands for a consolidated trading system to enable increased executions, EquiLend has unveiled NGT. Global product owner Dow Veeranarong explains the ins and outs