Operational and trading efficiencies in securities lending have been driven by automation for decades now, yet there are always opportunities to improve. At the same time, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) has become a focus for firms looking to do away with administrative tasks in favor of faster deliverables and better use of human time. Indeed, Citi CEO Jane Fraser wrote last year that AI “has the potential to revolutionize all functions across our bank and the industry — changing how we write code, onboard clients, service customers, detect fraud, develop market research and strengthen compliance and controls.” When looking at automation and AI side by side, should securities finance choose one over the other, and when should they work side by side? Ross Levin, Trading Apps More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/efGZUquW
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Finadium is an independent consultancy for securities finance, collateral and derivatives. We provide expert advice, data and analysis to financial market participants worldwide. * Our independent research reports are available in two subscription formats: Finadium Executive Briefing and the Finadium Full Access Research Subscription * We are active consultants in investments, treasury, financing, collateral, funding, liquidity, custody and prime brokerage * We conduct trainings and events around the world * We publish Securities Finance Monitor, a daily news and commentary site
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T+1 remains a major focus at AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)’s annual Operations, Post-trade, Technology and Innovation conference (OPTIC). We report on what experts are saying about the T+1 transition and hear from SIX and Duco about the global regulatory and technological alignment. Anna Reitman More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/eU74jkzu
AFME OPTIC: T+1 shift not a success for foreign investors
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Finadium’s Rates & Repo North America is coming up on October 29 in New York, and we’re highlighting a few early insights as a sneak preview. In the first of a series of articles, we hear from our expert panelists from Euroclear, J.P. Morgan and Transcend, who will be speaking on the Advances in post-trade, triparty and collateral panel, about the acceleration of collateral optimization and how triparty interoperability fits in. Sagar M. Patel, Gareth Jones, Bimal Kadikar, Anna Reitman More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/ekb5mC7M
Rates & Repo in NY: advances in post-trade, triparty and collateral
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Investment firm Deus X Capital recently announced a first round of equity funding as the sole investor of its new company, Cor Prime, committing $100 million of risk capital to the would-be “prime of primes” for digital assets in a bid to attract $1 billion to provide principal and prime lending for institutional investors. We hear from Cor Prime CEO Tim Grant about how this traditional financing approach fits into wider developments across decentralized finance. Anna Reitman More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/eR5sR_97
What crypto needs now is traditional prime with “evolved views of risk”
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Finadium Webinar, Cross Product Arbitrage in Collateral Trading. Originally presented on September 25, 2024. Sabine Farhat, Murex, Matthew Chessum, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Paul Bellini, DNB Markets #Finadium subscribers can access the webinar replay here: https://lnkd.in/eQj7_bFn
Webinar Replay: Cross Product Arbitrage in Collateral Trading
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A combination of regulation, technological complexity and hiring dynamics is pushing more firms than ever to consider collateral management outsourcing. Mandatory US Treasury repo clearing rules in particular will require firms of all sizes to adjust their operational and margin strategies, and most will be unable to conduct business as usual without substantive internal changes. Outsourcing presents an easier and more cost-efficient solution, leading to growth opportunities for service providers. More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/e3msv959
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The FIS Securities Lending Processing Platform, better known by its original name of Loanet, is installed across the majority of US broker-dealers and banks operating in securities lending. In an age of rapid digitization, FIS is beginning the transition from Loanet to Loanext with an opportunity to create a new era of business and technology flexibility for both US and international market participants. More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/eyUj_rg5
Getting from Loanet to Loanext: What’s It Worth to the Market?
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Finadium and Murex ran a webinar last week on the way that collateral trading is evolving with a panel of experts. We discussed the technology, operations, data and culture required for cross-product collateral arbitrage and took a closer look at where it’s already happening. Anna Reitman More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/gkKbEcTB
What we learned at our cross-product collateral arbitrage webinar
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held its 10th annual US Treasury Market Conference last week, and a panelist brought up an idea that we’ve discussed here before: that the Federal Reserve have direct access to US repo clearing facilities to transact with market participants. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) does it. Why not the Fed, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and others? More on #finadium: https://lnkd.in/e75GDted
For discussion: central banks as CCP members for repo clearing
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Finadium News & Opinion has created a round-up of monthly, quarterly and half-year statistics releases from across repo, securities lending, collateral, cross-product and other securities finance-related markets published throughout September, providing a broad overview of backwards-looking market dynamics. In this round-up, we feature figures from Acadia, BrokerTec, Clearstream, CLS, EquiLend (& DataLend), Eurex Repo, FICC, Hazeltree, LCH RepoClear, MTS Repo, OCC, S&P Global, SWIFT, and Tradeweb. Anna Reitman More on #finadium: