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What does new technology mean for securities lending?

Nancy Steiker, senior director, FIS Securities, Finance and Collateral, explores how technology innovation will reshape the settlement and lifecycle management methods used to support securities lending

A digital takeover

Wematch’s co-founder and head of EMEA David Raccat speaks to Carmella Haswell about the search for digitised processes, battling through a volatile market, and going global

Democratising securities lending

Sharegain’s deputy CEO and chief of staff Keren Halperin speaks to Bob Currie about democratising share ownership rights, how to scale a fintech and lessons that yoga and surfing can offer to solutions development

ESG’s impact on global equity lending market dynamics

Firms that perform poorly on material ESG characteristics have lower levels of institutional ownership, increased levels of shorting, and higher levels of institutional investor engagement, according to research by State Street Associates. Travis Whitmore, head of securities finance research, and Christian Nadeau, quantitative researcher at State Street Associates, discuss the findings

How can securities lending do well and do good?

Madeleine Senior, managing director, regional head of financing and securities services, Europe and Americas at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses the importance of embedding ESG into investment decision-making and the role of agency securities lending in ESG programmes

ESMA postpones buy-in regime to 2025

After a much anticipated announcement by the European Securities and Markets Authority, industry participants reflect on a three-year delay to the implementation of the CSDR mandatory buy-in regime. Carmella Haswell reports

Managing a new settlement regime

Broadridge’s Paul Clark, head of international post-trade pre-sales, breaks down the Central Securities Depository Regulation and discusses key focus areas for market participants

ESG principles in securities lending – the essential role of data

As concerns around sustainable finance increasingly interact with securities lending businesses, the role of high-quality, highly available ESG data takes on new importance for market participants, in particular CSDs. Jacob Gertel, senior content manager, legal and compliance data at SIX, evaluates ESG impacts on the securities lending process and how data providers can provide the answers