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A year into SFTR: the devil remains in the detail

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

Big things have small beginnings

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

Frictionless trade: collateral just the beginning

Guido Stroemer at HQLA^X 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

New World, Old World

Securities finance experts are applying advantages from the new digitised world to address historical inefficiencies in securities lending, financing and collateral management.

Extending capital market access through blockchain

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

Settlement Efficiency: Failure is not an option

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

Repo the rewards

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