Michel Semaan, global head of RepoClear, LCH, discusses the firm’s UK and EU cash bond and repo trade clearing service, from breaking down barriers to reacting to client feedback
The SEC mandate for central clearing of US Treasury repo is no longer a future problem. FICC is the venue, the timeline is set, and the firms still in ‘wait and see’ mode are running out of time. Wassel Dammak, strategic account director for Europe & UK Capital Markets at Vermeg, looks at what this shift means operationally, and why the firms that get it right will have a structural advantage
Sunil Daswani, global head of Client Management, Match Products, at MarketAxess, discusses repo market ‘plumbing’ following the third annual Global Reimagine Repo conference
Matt Chessum, executive director of equity and analytic products at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explores how integrated analytics may help desks identify emerging stress, optimise collateral usage, and respond more effectively to changing market conditions
Elisabeth Kirby, managing director, head of market structure at Tradeweb, sits down with Hansa Tote to discuss the firm’s positioning for the Treasury clearing mandate, how they drew on previous experience, and what market participants are prioritising before the go-live
Anthony Woolley, chief client officer of Ownera, discusses the importance of same-day repo transactions to allow firms to respond dynamically to margin calls, funding gaps, collateral optimisation opportunities, and keep up with a rapidly evolving market
Tony Tutrone, director, repo product manager at Broadridge, examines how the repo infrastructure conversation is changing, and how the firm’s Distributed Ledger Repo facility can elevate repo trading abilities
Murex’s Ramzi Khemakhem, repo product manager, and Dorothy Queant, securities finance connectivity manager, explore economic and technological forces behind the rise of intraday repo and examine how hybrid post?trade architecture enables this activity to scale safely and effectively
The repo market moves trillions of dollars of collateral every day, says Jon Ford, head of Fixed Income Business Solutions, Pirum. A large portion of these trades are rolled. A significant portion are delivered out to clients every day only to be delivered right back from the same client. Incredibly, the industry is still, largely, settling it gross — one trade at a time
Eurex’s Carsten Hiller, D2D sales lead Europe, and Frank Gast, global head of Business and Product Development D2D, sit down with Karl Loomes to discuss how sovereign issuance, demand-driven liquidity, and the macro outlook are impacting the repo market
Richard Glen, solutions architect at HQLAX, discusses how liquidity management is being forced to evolve, from end-of-day models to being available at a precise point in time
The fourth annual Securities 91ԭƬ Symposium in Boston saw market participants engage in group discussions on AI, review the current state of readiness for the US Treasury clearing mandate, and share knowledgeable insights on digital assets