State Street sets up specialist ESG securities lending strategy
The agency lending team has partnered with its buy-side arm to provide securities lending clients with the strategy.
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BNY Mellon to accept Chinese bonds as collateral on tri-party platform
The move comes as international investors look to significantly increase their access to China’s $13.9 trillion bond market.
IHS Markit enhances ETF securities lending for custodians and prime brokers
Custodians and prime brokers have sought to unlock the use of ETFs as collateral in securities lending transactions.
European investors find new revenues from lending ETF assets
The potential for lending ETF units to generate additional yield could be significant, as investors focus on driving recovery in returns after the COVID-19 crisis.
T2-T2S consolidation project delayed until November 2022 after industry pressure
ECB decided to push back project to replace TARGET2 with a new real-time gross settlement, while also delaying the new Eurosystem Collateral Management system.
Hedge fund treasury teams to be given increased role following COVID-19 crisis – whitepaper
Increased margin calls and collateral disputes among the reasons why treasury teams faced a crucial role during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.
Investors struggled to access repo market at height of COVID- 19 crisis – finds ICMA
Research from ICMA found that while demand for repo increased significantly dealers’ capacity to intermediate was constrained and limited access to many firms that needed it.
Banks exchange $1 trillion of collateral in 2019 from uncleared margin rules
Initial margin collected by phase one firms for their non-cleared derivatives totalled $173.2 billion, an increase of 10% compared to year-end 2018.
Mass margin calls spark operational headache for buy-side and brokers
Market volatility sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in prime brokers asking for more collateral from hedge funds.
Regulators delay uncleared margin rules for one year
Asset managers receive respite from authorities in implementing the final phase of the uncleared margin rules as coronavirus continues to impact regulation.