International Securities Lending Association

The Legal Steering Group looks more broadly at the implications of political, regulatory and technological change on our market structure, and how those changes may require alterations to our core Global Master Securities Lending Master Agreement (GMSLA).

The meeting will be hybrid and chaired & hosted by Jamie Masters, State Street at 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf E14 5HJ.

Meeting Details
Date: 12 December 2023
Time: 16:00 GMT

This meeting is open to member firms only. Participation is contingent on being part of the working group. If you are not currently receiving details of these meetings, would like to be part of this group, or would like to see a list of working groups, please click here.

The Best Practice working group reviews current and proposed best market practices that align with regulatory obligations and other trade associations.

There are no minutes from this group’s meetings as all subject matters and resulting output are loaded live into the ISLA Best Practice Handbook here.

Members can review the handbook, filter for recently made changes and raise questions and issues via the mail icon in the handbook or directly to regtech@islaemea.org. All queries will be put before the Best Practice working group and feedback will be given directly to the member in addition to any edits made to best practice.

Meeting Details
Date: 12 December 2023
Time: 16:00 GMT

This meeting is open to member firms only. Participation is contingent on being part of the working group and by invitation only.

If you are not currently receiving details of these meetings, would like to be considered to be part of the group, or would like to see a list of working groups, please click here.

The Accelerated Settlement (T1) Working Group (ASWG), set up in June 2023, has been created further to instruction by the Market Practice Steering Group (MPGS).

Its mandate is to review the challenges, costs, outcomes, potential benefits and impact to securities lending of financial markets moving from T+2 to T+1 in the United States of America, the European Union and United Kingdom.

Meeting Details
Date: 12 December 2023
Time: 11:00 GMT

This meeting is open to member firms only. Participation is contingent on being part of the working group. If you are not currently receiving details of these meetings, would like to be part of this group, or would like to see a list of working groups, please click here.