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Central clearing for repo markets: Is Europe putting the cart before the horse?

Eurex’s Clive D’Souza, vice president, global products and markets, and Viktoria Hackenberg, vice president, regulatory affairs at Deutsche Börse, review central clearing of repo in Europe and the core findings from the firms’ deep dive on NBFI regulatory frameworks, risk standards, cross-product margining, and NSFR

Real-time revolution: Leveraging technology for agile decision-making

Darren Crowther, head of Securities Finance and Collateral Management at Broadridge, explores how real-time innovations are reshaping the industry, facilitating rapid responses to market dynamics enhancing risk management, and driving improved operational efficiency

Securities lending outlook 2025

Andrew Geggus, global head of agency securities lending, Securities Services at BNP Paribas, explores how macroeconomic, regulatory, and geopolitical factors are shaping demand and investment strategies for the market

Playing the part

HSBC’s Curtis Dutton, global head of trading, agency securities lending and liquidity services, reviews the performance of the Middle East over the past 12 months, and what is next for its securities lending and borrowing market

The ‘Sharpe’ point of securities lending

State Street’s Travis Whitmore, head of AI and trading analytics, and Derin Aksit, quantitative researcher, assess the diversification properties and risk-adjusted performance of securities lending and its power to unlock opportunities

Unlocking opportunity: How Saudi Arabia is redefining securities lending in emerging markets

The Middle East is not a market to watch — it is a market to be in. And Saudi Arabia is at the forefront of that movement, says Dimitri Arlando, director of EMEA sales, EquiLend

Saudi Arabia embraces the securities lending market and Tri-party

J.P. Morgan’s Trading Services sees growing opportunities for its Agency Securities Finance and Tri-party businesses. With Saudi opening its doors to global investors, the potential for innovation brings clients a chance to stand at the forefront of a financial revolution, according to Marcus Rudler and Michele Filippini

Navigating the desert highway: How SFCM drives market expansion in the Middle East

Broadridge’s Darren Crowther provides an analysis of the current Middle East market and how the use of securities finance and collateral management is pushing the region forward to economic expansion