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Unlocking liquidity: The Middle East securities lending opportunity

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

Creating a global financial hub

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

Building secondary market liquidity in Saudi Arabia — powering Vision 2030?

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

Hong Kong’s next steps: Entering the T+1 cycle

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

When liquidity stops being liquid

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

Bringing representation and connectivity to APAC’s securities finance markets

Introducing a new chapter to Women in Securities Finance, new leaders Allison Ching, Karen Tai, Leslie Lin, and Ruth Ferris speak with Carmella Haswell about bringing a regional voice to the APAC markets

Time to test T+1

With the move to a next-day settlement cycle approaching, a taskforce has been established between the UK, EU, and Switzerland to advise firms on the best ways to prepare themselves. Andrew Douglas, chair of UK T+1 Taskforce, and Giovanni Sabatini, chair of the EU T+1 Industry Committee, discuss the readiness plan with Hansa Tote

The next liquidity crisis will not be the one you expect

In the second instalment of this ongoing series, Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, head of securities finance and balance sheet strategy at Capteo: Strategy & Management Consulting, reviews the next potential liquidity crises and how shifts in the market are contributing to unusable liquidity