December 11 2019
Earlier this year, Finadium looked at the way fully paid lending programs had entered the mainstream in the US, with optimism for future growth in Canada. We revisit what’s happened since in an interview with Richard Stinchfield, a senior director at Broadridge.
December 10 2019
This report reviews the state of US repo markets at year-end 2019. It provides market sizing across multiple portions of US repo, lessons derived from the events of September 16-20, 2019, and an assessment of the fastest growing part of the market, FICC’s sponsored repo program. It concludes with an analysis of the options available to regulators and how far free market practices can go in the current regulatory environment.
December 9 2019
Finadium has created an analytics tool of all available data points that describe the US repo markets. The database will be available to Finadium clients as part of the standard research subscription, with no additional cost.
December 9 2019
We've already heard from multiple buy-side clients that the suspension of stock lending by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has made them question their own engagement. The headlines from the popular media haven't helped. Taking a step back, we analyze whether GPIF has made the right decision.