The only constant is change: evolving priorities for securities finance
It is a shame Greek philosopher Heraclitus is unable to see and comment on today’s rapidly evolving financial industry. Despite the hundreds of years between his life and present day, Heraclitus’s...
View ArticleSeparating the Rough from the Smooth in Rare Earth Elements
Better than expected earnings results are usually the cause for celebration. It is par for the course surely, that to one extent or another, a share price should tick-up if the numbers are good? Yet...
View ArticleShort Selling Bans: Are They Effective?
The investigation in “Effectiveness of Short Selling Bans on Minimizing Stock Decline” looks at two main areas that are often cited as the benefits of short selling restrictions: actual stock market...
View ArticleRepo: An Important Part of the Collateral Conundrum
A version of this article originally appeared in Securities Lending Times. Author: Jane Milner, head of strategy, securities finance and collateral, SunGard’s capital markets business Collateral...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Securities Lending
A version of this article was originally published in Securities Lending Times. In recognition of Securities Lending Times hitting its centenary issue, this article looks back to June 2010 to see how...
View ArticleSecurities Lending & Pharmaceuticals: Is Price Everything?
A version of this article originally appeared in Securities Lending Times. The Pfizer (PFE) bid for AstraZeneca (AZN) has rarely been out of the news since the bid broke cover around April 20. Whether...
View ArticleLewis on Lending: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
The securities lending market is certainly not insulated from the changes reverberating around the finance industry, even if we are six years past (what is now termed) the financial crisis really...
View ArticleTransparency in Regulation, Trade Repositories and Securities Lending Data...
Author: Dan Belluche, senior vice president and general manager, SunGard’s Loanet A version of this article originally appeared in ISS Magazine. The topic of transparency in securities lending has been...
View ArticleSecurities Borrowing and Lending in the Wild, Wild East
A version of this blog post originally appeared in Securities Lending Times. Author: Richard Allin, senior vice president, APAC, SunGard’s Astec Analytics business In the last decade, the securities...
View ArticleLewis on Lending: Securities Lending: A Game of Roulette or Kerplunk?
This blog post is an excerpt of SunGard's August issue of its Securities Lending Focus report. Download the report here. It is said that history repeats itself and the cycles of boom and bust, bubble...
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