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Activating equity

In the first article of this three-part series, Euroclear’s Marije Verhelst examines the organisations traditionally and newly active in equity collateral and how shifting priorities are reshaping the market

No such thing as a free lunch

Roger Reist of Zürcher Kantonalbank discusses the benefits of securities lending in the current low interest rate environment

Come together

Pirum’s Phil Morgan reviews the year just gone and casts an eye to the future

The ‘other’ supervisory drivers the EU’s SFT market in 2018 and beyond

Michael Huertas, of Baker McKenzie, offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities ahead for the eurozone securities financing community

Looking ahead

What to expect in 2018. Mark Barnard, Gareth Mitchell, Mark Jones and Andrew Dyson discuss what’s in store for the securities lending industry

MTS turns 20 years of repo experience towards the buy side

Tim Martins outlines how LSEG’s trading platform MTS Repo, and UnaVista’s Trade Repository are collaborating to provide future proof solutions for the buy side

The long and widening LGPS road

Between the LGPS pooling project, Brexit and changes in technology, fund managers in the UK, and their service providers, have a lot to think about

Pilot blockchain achieves lift off

Broadridge has finished its latest blockchain pilot, focused on bilateral repo. Horacio Barakat discusses the progress made, and where the firm will go next

Securities lending key to overcoming margin test

Forthcoming collateral rules will require the buy-side to find trillions of dollars in additional margin, and securities financing is at the heart of many of the solutions being explored, writes BNY Mellon’s Peter Madigan