Features

Key participants in APAC securities finance speak about market dynamics, the impact of short sale bans, the advance of emergent markets and growth prospects for 2024 and beyond

Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian, a consultant on repo markets and SFTs, examines a roadmap for growth and efficiency gains in European repo markets, including a case for the repositioning of GC Pooling and €GCplus solutions

The question of technology coincided with a wide range of topics at this year's Global Funding and Financing Summit in Luxembourg. Sophie Downes reports

Technology investment is crucial to maintain pace with the accelerating speed of modernisation, says Rob Sackett, head of prime financing at Clear Street, who discusses how firms can work to build the modern, scalable future of capital markets

TP ICAP's Nichola Hunter and Adam Southern speak to Carmella Haswell about the firm's new "front-end refresh" and wider plans to drive the growth of its eRepo platform

Rule 10c-1a will increase transparency in the US securities lending market but not necessarily in the ways everyone wants or anticipates, says Broadridge's Martin Walker, head of product management at SFCM, and Valarie Thorgerson, senior director of product management

Firms already operating in an STP environment are well positioned for the shift to a shorter settlement cycle, according to Ryan Barrett, head of securities finance, North America at Northern Trust, who breaks down how market participants can best prepare for the transition

State Street’s Chelsea Grossman, managing director and head of North America client management for agency lending, breaks down the key events of 2023 and how last year’s performance will shape the lending environment in 2024