Matt Chessum of S&P Global Market Intelligence explores the growth and performance of the Middle East as a multi-speed region, with Saudi leading the way
Wassim Bouaziz, senior business lead, capital markets, Europe and UK, Vermeg, discusses the importance of technology to support the integration of securities borrowing and lending into market infrastructure
Sunil Daswani, global head of Client Management, Match Products, at MarketAxess, discusses repo market ‘plumbing’ following the third annual Global Reimagine Repo conference
Rob Frost, global head of Business Solutions at Pirum, discusses trading, post-trade, collateral, and what connecting to the firm’s Complete, Connected Lifecycle means for participants entering or scaling in the Middle East
Nancy Allen, managing director and head of Data & Analytics at EquiLend, reviews the geopolitical movements in the Middle East and its impact on the market
Darren Crowther, head of Securities Finance Solutions at Broadridge, explores why technology, operational resilience, and collateral efficiency will be critical to scaling participation and supporting the next phase of regional securities finance growth
The past 12–18 months have not turned the Gulf into a fully-fledged interdealer repo hub. Ruth Ferris, head of secured financing, APAC, at MUFG, explores how the last year has reshaped parts of the region into live, investable secured financing markets — at a moment when global funding conditions have become more demanding, not less
Adnan Hussain of HSBC’s Securities Services discusses the firm’s involvement in executing the first securities lending transactions in Qatar, Dubai, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and how the Middle East will evolve into a mainstream building block for global investors to manage risk, liquidity, and opportunity
Marton Szigeti, head of collateral, lending, and liquidity solutions at Clearstream, sits down with Hansa Tote to discuss the firm’s role in enhancing post-trade services in the Middle East, improving connectivity to international banks, and transforming Saudi Arabia’s market into a regional and global financial hub
Simon Squire, managing director, Global Collateral product at BNY, examines how strengthening repo, securities lending, and triparty collateral infrastructure, can unlock secondary market liquidity in Saudi Arabia and support the Kingdom’s ambitions
Following 30 years at T+2, HKEX has released a consultation on a possible move to a shorter settlement cycle for Hong Kong. Carmella Haswell speaks to the industry on what this means for the region’s cash markets
In the third instalment of this ongoing series, Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, head of securities finance and balance sheet strategy at Capteo: Strategy & Management Consulting, on gatekeepers, collateral circulation, and excess reserves at the core of the new liquidity regime
