The WISF organization marked its 5th anniversary in 2022 by ringing the bell at the New York, Toronto and London Stock Exchanges, a momentous milestone and an important signal for any woman considering a career in the securities finance industry.
In our latest insight piece, we unpack how regulation and new innovative solutions leveraging distributed ledger technology are serving as tools to deliver standardization while bringing efficiencies to the marketplace. EquiLend’s 1Source initiative is here to do just that and more, providing a “single source of truth” for the industry by eradicating reconciliation challenges.
EquiLend’s Yuka Hasumi, Head of Sales & CRM Japan, sat down with Securities Finance Times to discuss the details of our 1Source initiative and how it will transform the securities finance industry while reflecting on regulatory developments and the roadmap ahead for 2023 and beyond, seeing continued innovations across our entire ecosystem of solutions.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, reflects on securities finance trading activity for January 2023, with the backdrop of interest rate increases from the FED and BOE.
At the recent Beneficial Owners’ International Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference hosted by IMN, EquiLend’s Gary Klahr, Director of Strategic Initiatives, discussed the ways in which distributed ledger technology can be harnessed to address industry pain points while highlighting the efficiencies EquiLend’s 1Source initiative is bringing to the marketplace.
Looking forward, I predict that 2023 will be a year of big things for securities lending. We are working to deliver greater innovation than we have attempted since our inception.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, reflects on securities finance trading activity across 2022 in this month’s Securities Lending Trading Analysis.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, unpicks November’s trading reporting and shapes a picture of trends in the securities finance market in November’s Securities Lending Trading Analysis.
EquiLend’s Kevin McNulty, Head of RegTech Solutions and Iain MacKay, RegTech Solutions Product Owner, were both featured on panels during the Securities Finance Times Winter Symposium discussing regulatory impacts seen across the industry and the road ahead for securities finance regulation.
EquiLend is committed to the UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, gives his take on October’s trading data with the continued backdrop of global volatility from a range of sources.
Environmental, Social, Governance: ESG. A phrase which has begun to wash across all sectors as a tide of change.
Collateral is under pressure in the current market, but technology is primed to resolve this challenge, says EquiLend associate director for post-trade solutions Gabi Mantle.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, gives his take on the global market impacts surrounding inflation concerns while highlighting the all-time highs seen throughout Q3 across EquiLend’s NGT platform, resulting in our 6th consecutive record quarter in relation to volumes traded across the global platform.
In a recent interview with Securities Finance Times, EquiLend’s Gabi Mantle, Associate Director of Post-Trade Solutions, reflected on the market impacts of CSDR since the enactment of the settlement discipline regime in February.
EquiLend has been working to deliver a network effect in securities finance for decades and we have broad ambition to further our network
View, trade, manage and monitor your positions, exposure, settlement and inventory, centrally for a whole lifecycle experience with EquiLend Services.
The last decade has seen many regulatory pressures for the securities financing business, and it continues to be an area of focus.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, provides insight into the market trends seen throughout Q2 while reflecting on EquiLend’s record quarter in relation to volumes traded across the global platform, resulting in growth year over year.
In our CSDR Client Concerns series we’ve considered each of the points causing clients the greatest concerns ahead of CSDR and examined each in practice since CSDR go-live in Feb 2022. One issue which has only been lightly considered is that of liquidity. Has market liquidity been negatively impacted by increased regulation?
Often business leaders are perceived as being either safe pairs of hands or visionaries. To me, it is about trying to do both.
Andy McCardle, Head of EquiLend Asia, shares his unique viewpoint of the global and local changes impacting APAC markets from his experience in both US and Asian markets.
In a recent interview with Securities Finance Times, EquiLend’s Global Head of Products, Paul Lynch, and Head of Data & Analytics, Nancy Allen, discussed the creation of EquiLend’s Data & Analytics division.
EquiLend Trading saw a record-breaking quarter in relation to both volumes and notional traded across the platform, representing significant growth year over year. @Mike Norwood, EquiLend’s Global Trading Product Owner, reflects on the trends seen in the market since the start of the year and EquiLend’s continued growth and increasing volumes across our trading platform.
The European Settlement Regime has brought unexpected challenges for market participants in securities finance. In part 3 of our #CSDR concerns series, we explore the CSDR impact on collateral and the staggering impact on returns within the securities lending trade lifecycle.
In securities finance more broadly, we see big changes on the horizon. We believe 2022 will be a critical year for our industry.
The rise of SPACs and meme stocks has brought new attention to financial markets. Matt Ross, DataLend Product Specialist surveys the financial landscape with these new instruments.
In part 2 of our CSDR concerns series, we’re focused on the impact of the regulation on Standard Settlement Instructions and repository and how Settlement Monitor has saved thousands of pounds in CSDR fines for clients.
EquiLend has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) data analysis and validation service for securities finance market participants.
Where EquiLend Exposure reduces settlement costs associated with failing trades, the tie-in with Settlement Monitor, the newest release from EquiLend, eliminates them.
EquiLend Trading Records Signal Growth in Electronic Trading in Securities Lending
EquiLend surveyed our community of clients to better understand their concerns for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). In part one of our 5-part series, we’ll focus on the importance of pre-matching and the impact on returns introduced by CSDR.
EquiLend became aware of the Log4j vulnerability through its information security surveillance process and is actively assessing its impact.
Management Insight Here’s where I stand on talent and our workforce Brian Lamb DEC 2021 Without meaning to state the obvious, we are in new territory when it comes to talent and the workforce. These issues have always been important for executives, but the seismic changes to the working world brought about by the pandemic […]
CSDR is finally scheduled for implementation in February 2022, yet despite the delays, the requirement to prepare effectively for CSDR is no less for the uncertainty surrounding it.
Global Custodian Editor Jonathan Watkins recently interviewed EquiLend CEO Brian Lamb about EquiLend’s 20 years of innovation in the securities finance industry.
The current spike in interest reflects investors’ growing expectations that their capital be used to make the world a better place.
Management Insight Making digital transformation more than a buzzword through the lens of a technologist Ken DeGiglio Sep 2021 As the era of digital transformation continues to revolutionize every industry from healthcare to banking, the impacts on niche market sectors like securities finance can be harder to parse–but just as transformative. What are the key […]
Increased stake builds on successful partnership for EquiLend Spire solution.
Six new counterparties have joined NGT, the multi-asset class digital trading platform for the securities finance marketplace.
Like many fellow chief executives and business leaders, my daily to-do list has recently been dominated by one key area of decision making