This Week's Top Stories

August 29 2019
Regulations such as SFTR are driving discussion in the securities finance industry around how to agree on standardized processes and workflows. One idea is the Common Domain Model (CDM), similar to the initiative by ISDA in the derivatives space. Is there a strong argument in favour of a standardized domain model, and what challenges need to be overcome to get there? A guest post from Broadridge.  
 
August 28 2019
We spoke with IHS Markit’s managing director and global head of securities finance Paul Wilson about what calculating a “risk overlay” on securities lending performance might look like. Better benchmarking will be a key topic of discussion at the Finadium Investors in Securities Lending Conference in Paris on 24 September 2019.