Although levels of borrower demand are lower than before the crisis, Mark Snowdon of Northern Trust explains that Australia is now seeing a new growth impetus in line with its Asian counterparts
Delegates down under gathered at this year鈥檚 PASLA/RMA conference in Sydney where hot topics included technology and forecasts for securities lending in APAC, as well as regional updates in this space
Robert Lees of BBH suggests that this year, many of the core themes of last year will continue, leading to another positive year for securities lending returns
Stephanie Lo and Jian Wu of State Street discuss the intersection of machine learning applications and equity markets in portfolio management, exploring the potential market segmentation that will arise
SFTR will continue to be a hot topic this year as the deadline date draws closer, as well as CSDR and Brexit, meanwhile, a cautious eye should be kept on flows in and out of hedge funds which experienced performance challenges in 2018