Raj Karan Singh has taken over as global head of securities finance for boutique prime broker BCS Global Markets, after Christian von Gradowski moved elsewhere
The agency鈥檚 acting chair is calling for a review of the SEC鈥檚 2019 guidance on proxy voting which she argues put too much emphasis on capturing incremental revenue from securities lending at the expense of exercising good corporate governance
In partnership with Allen & Overy, ISLA has written a white paper outlining its action plan to tackle five key challenges standing between the peaceful coexistence of securities lending and ESG
Capitolis says upcoming regulations like Standard Approach to Counterparty Credit Risk will have a major effect on the capitalisation of financial institutions
Witnesses from brokers, market utilities and universities are expected to call for amendments to Regulation SHO, Dodd-Frank, and Form 13F, while pitching new concepts for reporting securities lending activities
The US SEC鈥檚 investor advocacy division has sounded the alarm on celebrity-sponsored SPACs, following activist short seller accusations of soon-to-be-listed companies duping retail investors
The global securities lending market sees Saudi Arabia as a key MENA growth market and the International Securities Lending Association 鈥媔s among international players seeking to act as handmaiden in the market鈥檚 development
The Capital Markets Board of Turkey has amended the ratio of open clearing positions, settlement of shares subject to gross settlement and scope and calculation of margin ratio for new collateral types