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Empty Voting and Securities Lending

"Empty Voting" is when an investor uses borrowed shares to vote at an AGM or EGM. Mediobanca voted borrowed shares at a Generali AGM.

Securities Finance Technology Symposium - my observations

From the desk of John Arnesen, Consulting Lead, Pierpoint Financial On November 4th 2021, Securities Finance Times held its 5th annual...

Digital Innovation - the Key to Unlocking Value

This blog provides an alternative view on actions and plans financial market participants could consider when creating strategic value

Fireside chat with Andrew Dyson, CEO, ISLA

Andrew Dyson discusses highlights and talking points of the webinars, and how ISLA’s priorities relate to the broad array of topics covered

Securities Lending: Clear Glass or Black Box?

From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting The cry for increased transparency is often the first port...

State of the Securities Lending Market

I was planning on doing a review of the latest Market Report that ISLA has been producing on a semi-annual basis for the past six years.

Securities lending and sustainable finance

Whenever an investor such as GPIF takes such a decision it is worth. Our view s that the reasons for continuing to lend remain in place

Collateral Optimisation for the Buy-side is within reach

The first phase of collateral management is in place. Now the opportunity exists for phase one of collateral optimisation for inve