Events

ISLA 32nd Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference

17-19 June 2025

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Events

ISLA Connects & Barclays Educational Briefing: Understanding Prime Brokerage

22 May 2025

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Events

ISLA London Briefing

2 June 2025

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Resources

Securities Lending & Borrowing Hub

Introducing the ISLA Securities Lending & Borrowing Hub - your ultimate resource for all securities lending and borrowing information.

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Thought Leadership

How to Boost Europe’s Capital Markets by Empowering Securities Lending & Borrowing

ISLA's 2024-2029 Manifesto

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Digital & Technology

ISLA Clause Library & Taxonomy

Creating Standardised Business Outcomes

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Resources

ISLA Best Practice Handbook

Establishing Standards Through Industry Consensus

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Partnerships

ISLA & PASLA

Strategic Alliance to Develop Annexes & Create Documentation Standards

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Working Groups

ISLA Working Groups & Streams

Bridging The Gap Between Legislation & Implementation

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International Securities Lending Association

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) is a leading non-profit industry association, representing the common interests of securities lending and financing market participants across Europe, Middle East and Africa. It's geographically diverse membership of over 200 firms includes institutional investors, asset managers, custodial banks, prime brokers and service providers.

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Featured Content

Paper

ISLA's 2024-2029 Manifesto

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Resources

Securities Lending & Borrowing Hub

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News & Insights

ISLA Blogs

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Securities Lending & Financing Market Data

Report

ISLA Securities Lending Market Report 2024 H2

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Report

ISLA Securities Lending Market Report 2024 H1

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Securities lending and financing market data provides a unique window into the world of our members alongside the broader industry.

Events

Upcoming ISLA Events

22

May
2025

Briefing
In person

ISLA Connects & Barclays Educational Briefing: Understanding Prime Brokerage

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02

Jun
2025

Briefing
In person

ISLA Briefing | London 2025

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17

Jun
2025

Conference
In person

ISLA 32nd Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference

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Upcoming Working Group Meetings

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Latest News & Insights

ISLA Announces Tullett Prebon as its First Inter-Dealer Broker Member

We are delighted to announce that Tullett Prebon, a leading inter-dealer broker (IDB) and part of the TP ICAP Group, has joined the Int...

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ISLA Publishes 2025 Netting Opinions for the GMSLA

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has today published the 2025 netting opinions that support the title transfer v...

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ISLA’s Andrew Dyson to Step Down as CEO

LONDON, Tuesday 8 April 2025 – The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA), a leading industry trade association represen...

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Reflections of the CEO

In January, I wrote my first blog of the year where I discussed 2024 as being the year the world goes to vote, and during the year I wr...

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Five Key Takeaways from the ISLA 14th Annual Post Trade Conference

Events have increasingly become a ‘conduit’ to understand the key themes that transcend an industry, whilst acting as an important...

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Let's Talk Digital

At the beginning of the month, I was invited to speak on the current digital landscape. The term ‘digital’ in this context was extr...

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CDM: The Road to Adoption Series: Harmonised Representation of Collateral

Collateral is used across the industry to support trading, payments, clearing and settlement, and yet every organisation manages and re...

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CDM: The Road to Adoption Series: Standard Representation for Legal Agreements

Multiple agreement types exist in the financial markets as conventions and practices in each domain vary. This has led to specialised a...

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CDM: The Road to Adoption Series: The CDM & Accelerated Settlement

As settlement cycles shorten, the need for uniform protocols becomes more and more apparent. Firms need to streamline their operations...

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EU Parliament aligns on T+1 settlement, SFT exemption

The European Parliament has drafted a proposal to amend the Central Securities Depositories Regulation for a T+1 settlement cycle, aligning with a similar proposal from EU member states. Both proposals include an exemption for securities financing transactions, and negotiations for the final text are expected in early June. MLex (06 May.)

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BoE sec lending committee notes busy start to 2025

The Bank of England's Securities Lending Committee minutes from March show a busy start to 2025, driven by geopolitical changes and strong demand for high-quality liquid assets. The committee discussed diversity, data integrity, and the impact of the UK T+1 settlement regime, noting increased recalls and automation. Finadium (05 May.)

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BoE to link systemic, firm-level stress tests

The Bank of England plans to merge its new system-wide exploratory stress test with firm-level stress assessments into a unified framework to better capture interconnected risks across the financial system. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank aims to expand its models to include central counterparties, reflecting growing concerns over systemic vulnerabilities. Risk (subscription required) (29 Apr.)

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Legal Services

ISLA provides a range of legal services to support securities lending market activity.

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Working Groups

ISLA working groups are the engine room of the Association. This is where industry challenges are raised, issues debated, ideas conceived, and solutions sought.

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Membership

ISLA’s members span the breadth and depth of the securities lending industry, and there are many benefits of joining the Association’s network.

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