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From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting I have been involved with many markets as they moved...

From the desk of Jeroen Bakker Benelux Consulting Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting This is the third blog in a series on securities...

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

From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting As readers of my last blog may recall, I did my first...

From the desk of Jeroen Bakker Benelux Consulting Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting In my last blog, I wrote about the different...

Roy Zimmerhansl marks 40 years sharing surprises, disappointment, and optimisim. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.

From the desk of Jeroen Bakker Benelux Consulting Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting In my recent blog, I wrote about how lenders...

John Arnesen identifies key areas of focus for investors that are nervous about lending in current market conditions

Roy Zimmerhansl considers whether short selling bans are anything more than optics for regulators that implement them

Guidance on the key issues for lenders to consider when choosing securities borrowers

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

Examining how borrowers choose lenders when determining securities lending transactions

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.

Pierpoint has partnered with ServiceMatrix - combining to create an independent, iterative service provider benchmarking programme.

Securities lending makes a positive contribution to well functioning markets in five different ways.

Is securities lending like "picking up pennies in front of a steamroller" or a low-risk technique that provides valuable long term benefits

From the desk of Raymond Blokland Benelux Consulting Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting When I started to work on a securities lending...

ServiceMatrix enables beneficial owners & asset managers to assess service providers for securities lending, collateral management and more.

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

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