With investment in SPACs skyrocketing over the past year, the FCA has published new listing rules to open up the UK market to SPACs and protect investors. But is it enough? Carmella Haswell reports
As we reach the first anniversary of implementation of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) for the first cohort of firms, it seems an appropriate time to ask ourselves what we have learnt. Jonathan Lee, senior regulatory reporting expert at Kaizen Reporting, shares his assessment
Beneficial owner-run, peer-to-peer securities lending network GPFA has weathered the pandemic and come out the other side to celebrate its one-year anniversary. Rob Goobie, GPFA chair and AVP, collateral management, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) looks back on the Association’s successes and where it’s headed as the world returns to normal
Guido Stroemer at HQLAX sets out how the firm’s collateral mobility-boosting distributed ledger technology lays the groundwork for its long-term vision to transition towards a frictionless model of asset transfers
Securities finance experts are applying advantages from the new digitised world to address historical inefficiencies in securities lending, financing and collateral management.
LiquidShare CEO Jean-Marc Eyssautier and lead IT architect Emil Kirschner talk to Bob Currie about the company’s strategic pivot, the strength of its capital market operations expertise and the advantages it derives from its DLT-based technology
Michael Jahn, director of Eurex Securities Transactions Services (Eurex STS), advises on how to prepare for the Settlement Discipline Regime under CSDR and how to engage with the buy-in agent
Broadridge’s new distributed ledger repo platform provides a single location where market participants can agree, execute and settle repo transactions and promises to save users millions of dollars through operational efficiencies, risk reduction, and increased collateral liquidity
David Lewis, FIS’ senior director, securities finance and global head of Astec Analytics, reflects on regulators’ guidance for short sellers and efforts to ensure a fair and transparent marketplace
Gerard Denham, Senior Vice President, Funding & Financing Business Development at Eurex, outlines the latest developments in sustainable finance, the role of the repo market and the progress of the Eurex Repo Green Bond General Collateral Baskets
Following completion of its securities lending CDM pilot in November, ISLA plans to finish coding of its CDM minimum viable product for mid-June as part of a wider set of standardisation initiatives