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The modern art of digitisation



ICMA has launched a four-month initiative to develop its Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) clause library and taxonomy, designed to improve efficiencies in negotiating and managing repo transaction documentation. Carmella Haswell discusses its potential and the drive to standardise and digitise the securities finance industry
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A centralised view of collateral



The ability to interconnect trading platforms and to drive centralisation of trade input data, execution and post-trade management is a must, says Mike Norwood, director, global trading product owner, EquiLend
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A game changer: the rise of artificial intelligence



Artificial intelligence is gradually penetrating the securities lending industry, with firms attempting to replicate human intelligence in automating and applying predictive analytics to their lending processes. Carmella Haswell reports
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Why the securities lending industry is on the cusp of an amazing opportunity



The introduction of the ‘ISLA Clause Library & Taxonomy’ marks an important step in the securities lending market’s digitisation journey, explains Andrew Dyson, chief executive, International Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Lending Association (ISLA) and Akber Datoo, CEO, D2 Legal Technology (D2LT)
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Trading live on State Street’s P2P repo platform



State Street’s Travis Keltner tells Bob Currie that this P2P service allows buy-side firms to access new pools of liquidity, while targeting STP flows throughout the trade lifecycle from electronic transaction negotiation to collateral management
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Seeking a sustainable future



Sunil Daswani, Standard Chartered Bank’s global head of securities lending, speaks to Carmella Haswell about the importance of ESG, how to reach a sustainable future and what’s driving demand and supply within the securities lending market
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KDPW Trade Repository: Why you should join us



Slawomir Zajac, director of the KDPW Trade Repository (TR) and board member of ANNA, speaks to SFT about why small is often beautiful in the TR space, bringing surety, technical innovation and a strong commitment to global standards
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The changing of tides



UnaVista brought about a big change in the way it operates with the closing of its SFTR repository service. The July announcement allows clients six months to migrate to another platform before the new SFTR reporting rules come into effect
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The Rapidly Evolving Trade Reporting Landscape



Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Finance Times spoke with Val Wotton, DTCC’s managing director, product development and strategy of repository and derivatives services, to learn more about how DTCC helps firms with trade reporting obligations, especially as many firms are now in need of a new trade repository for SFTR reporting
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A lending hand



Rising from the ashes of the credit crunch, peer-to-peer securities lending has opened doors for investors and borrowers, seemingly providing an attractive alternative to traditional lending mechanisms. Built for the new age, could this be the way forward for securities lending and repo markets?
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Fresh pair of eyes



A year after go-live, SFTR’s successes and failures have been scrutinised in a Pirum and IHS Markit survey — IHS Markit’s executive director for SFTR Fabien Romero and Que-Phuong Dufournet-Tran, director for trading services and analytics and regulatory affairs, spoke to SFT about the lessons learned, what work still needs to be done and why SFTR is a model for future regulations