DTCC on SFT CCP First Movers - FISL Preview: Lender Revenues - European Repo Webinar Recap - SFM Weekly Digest April 23 2021

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Agent lender first movers on the NSCC SFT CCP will gain the advantage

April 22 2021

The introduction of a new US central counterparty (CCP) for equity securities finance transactions (SFTs) has piqued the interest of, but also raised tough questions for, agent lenders. A guest post from DTCC.

FISL 2021 Preview: beneficial owner revenues and the Peer to Peer opportunity

April 21 2021

Finadium’s Investors in Securities Lending conference is fast approaching. We provide a sneak peek at what our panelist experts say beneficial owners should be thinking about as 2021 unfolds.

What we learned at last week’s webinar on European repo data, best ex and D2C (Premium)

April 20 2021

Finadium ran a webinar last week on the European repo market with a panel of experts. We learned some compelling information about the state of data and market development, both linked to how various data sets are driving sophistication in the repo markets and beyond.

Webinar replay: European Repo – data, best ex and dealer to client (D2C) trading

April 20 2021

Our webinar replay is now available for clients.

Regulators are getting serious about data standardization too (Premium)

April 19 2021

Although they’ve created a sizable mess by not promoting data standardization, regulators around the world are finding that their efforts would be best served if they and market participants agreed on certain frameworks. It’s about time.

News and Notes

ICMA’s green repo paper: some definitions but it’s still repo in the end

Reuters: China’s short-selling of stocks nears record high

Options and Murex teams take stock as demand for MX.3 in SaaS mode grow

ISLA Publishes Updated FAQs for GMSLA ‘Pledge’ Documentation

ISDA: Initial Margin Collected by Top 20 Firms Up by Nearly 20% in 2020

Bank of England publishes updated UK Money Markets Code

ECB paper: The use of DLT in post-trade processes

ARRC Announces Key Principles for a Forward-Looking SOFR Term Rate

Korea Financial Services Committee announces new stock loan system for retail investors

ESMA initiates SFTR data quality reporting

SEC issues staff statement on Fully Paid lending, no action letter to expire April 22, 2021

Basel Committee publishes work programme and strategic priorities for 2021-22

ECB’s large-scale review boosts reliability and comparability of banks’ internal models

News and Notes Tech

Tensoring computes ISDA SIMM calculation with high accuracy, low computational cost

Coinbase almost gets delisted from Deutsche Börse over missing LEI

Digital Asset raises $120mn for Daml data network expansion

DTCC survey identifies collateral and fails management among OpsTech priorities in wake of Covid

Inovo raises €54mn for Poland/CEE tech startup investments

Oracle: bank incumbent-challenger competition hinges on “data advantage”

Santander migrates 60% of IT infrastructure on cloud, expects completion 2023

Systematic manager VIA AM launches “carbon neutral” share classes for UCITS strategy

LPA and Swisscom partner for investment risk analysis and portfolio optimization

City of London report says regtech adoption could save £523m for top 5 UK banks

Finch Capital’s Nomu Pay acquires Wirecard APAC entities

Upcoming Webinars

5th Annual Finadium Investors in Securities Lending Online

May 12 - 13 2021

Registration is free for qualified buy-side firms and Finadium subscription clients

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Finadium Research Reports

Agent Lenders in Securities Lending 2021: A Finadium Survey

The Global Tri-party Services Market in 2021: A Finadium Survey

Repo and CCP Client Clearing

Big Ideas Quarterly Q1 2021

International Access to China’s Securities Finance and Collateral Markets

Saying No to Negative US Interest Rates: Policies, Detours and Securities Finance

US Repo Participants on Market Conditions and Prospects for 2021

Big Ideas Quarterly Q4 2020

Climate Risk Analysis for Treasury and Collateral Managers

Total Return Swaps and Bank Resource Optimization

Planning for Securities Finance After COVID-19

US Pension Plans in Securities Lending: A Corporate Governance Perspective

Leverage Ratios, SA-CCR and Securities Finance: The New Regulatory Costs of Business

Big Ideas Quarterly Q3 2020

Revenues and Expenses of US Mutual Funds and ETFs in Securities Lending

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