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Improving the resilience and stability of the market

Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explores how the availability of data, which was once fairly limited, has evolved to become an essential aspect of financial markets, and in turn allowed the repo market to become a globalised and heavily interconnected utility

Repo growth and innovation in uncertain markets

Eurex’s Frank Gast, global head of repo sales, and Carsten Hiller, head of repo sales Europe, discuss what is behind the firm’s recent growth in repo volumes, the core initiatives the company is working on, and where Eurex Repo is heading next

Korean horizons: Discover the potential of the newest asset class on the Collateral Highway

Euroclear has forged a partnership with Korea Securities Depository, introducing Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilisation bonds to its Collateral Highway. Marije Verhelst, head of business development, collateral management and securities lending provides insights into this development

In Vogue: Term and ETF lending

Clearstream’s James Cherry, head of business development for Collateral, Lending and Liquidity Solutions, and Banu Apers, head of securities lending and borrowing, discuss two topics currently in focus for beneficial owners and borrowers around the globe

What’s next for repo post-trade workflows?

Dealers and clients will need to work at pace to streamline their operations as the market experiences complex operational challenges, says OSTTRA’s Neil Taylor, head of repo business development, who explores the importance of investing in repo post-trade workflows

SIX: Celebrating 10 years of repo trading

For 10 years, SIX has supported the international repo market through its trading services. In light of this milestone, the company reflects on some of its largest achievements and explores what the future holds for the market

Combining innovation and alliance: Comyno’s securities finance strategy

The industry is under tremendous pressure to adapt to an ever-tightening regulatory environment, according to Frank Becker, COO of Comyno, who dissects the challenges currently facing the market

Embodying a competitive spirit

Competition provides the greatest marginal value to the securities finance ecosystem and is driving GLMX to deliver creative solutions to access liquidity and to automate lending and borrowing, says GLMX president and chief revenue officer Sal Giglio

Securities lending messaging: has the industry reached a tipping point?

Market participants are working to align and future-proof technology adoption, with methods to exchange message data also becoming ripe for change. Trading Apps’ Stefan Bates and Matthew Phillips explore the benefits of investing in a bilateral messaging SaaS platform

EquiLend Spire: centralising securities finance in a connected world

Once the backbone of operations, legacy systems undermine the movement toward a unified view of securities finance activities. Stonewain CEO Armeet Sandhu explores how EquiLend Spire will help participants to keep pace with the industry’s dynamic needs

Centralised or decentralised: which model makes more sense for securities finance trading?

Broadridge’s SFCM team Martin Walker, head of product management, and Anupma Bakshi, senior business analyst, breakdown the key distinctions between centralisation and decentralisation and their role in the securities finance market

A symbiotic relationship: the criticality of data and technology

Data remains critical to the enablement of technological change, says Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, who explores ways to remain at the forefront of innovation