#UMR

Securities lending is not oversupplied

The improved application of existing and future technologies will restore the supply/demand imbalance that appears to exist today

Uncleared Margin Rules: to clear or not to clear?

Uncleared Margin Rules are an overhaul of how non-cleared derivatives are risk-managed. Most firms still need to decide how to manage it

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.

Observations: Deutsche Börse Global Funding and Financing (GFF) Conference Part Two

From the desk of John Arnesen Consulting lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting This is the second blog post detailing my observations from...

Observations: Deutsche Börse Global Funding and Financing (GFF) Conference

John Arnesen shares his observations from attendance at the Clearstream Global Funding an Financing Conference

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 investors

UMR: the trigger to reorganise collateral management once and for all??

Centralised collateral management is obviously an efficient and sensible operating model. Unfortunately, it's not always that easy.

UMR and Securities Lending: a game-changer or just another process?

Raymond Blokland points to a connection between UMR preparations & the potential for investors to benefit from synthetic securities finance

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