Tag: securities lending

Six banks have confirmed they have started the onboarding process and will join the platform at launch date, expected to be in the first half of 2019.

Mary Jane Schuessler joins the Canadian broker where she will be focused on covering, utilising and optimising BMO's prime brokerage positions.

The year was a record in terms of revenues for beneficial owners, with more securities lending activity shifting to the front-office.

The two associations found that post-crisis regulations have had a profound impact on banks’ SFT businesses and could detrimentally impact the securities lending market.

The go-live date for the regulation is set for Q2 2020 after the EC formally adopted the measures. 

Foreign investors look for short-selling and securities lending capabilities above other market structure features when analysing emerging markets.

The report  assessed how long-term investors with large holdings of high quality assets are primed to leverage and benefit from securities lending.

Northern Trust's Dane Fannin will relocate from Hong Kong to Chicago for the role, while Mark Snowdon has been promoted to head of capital markets APAC. 

EquiLend has recently hired a number of securities lending veterans as it looks to strengthen relationships with users for its trading, data and post-trade services.

ESMA has rejected a request from the European Commission to remove the wording of LEIs in the upcoming rules.