ISLA is delighted to announce that its Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference is set to return in June 2024.

After almost 30 years, our three-day flagship Conference will be returning to the President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, between 18-20 June, featuring a mix of keynote presentations, panel discussions, and networking events.  

As the conference enters its fourth decade, the importance of securities finance in all its incarnations has never been greater, as financial markets continue to grapple with the shadows cast by a complex and ever-changing geopolitical landscape; 2024 will see democracy tested to its limits, with more than half the world’s population voting in some seventy countries.   

Although said many times before, this is set to be a year of real transition for the industry, as we begin to better understand how the implementation of the Basel IV regime will change our perspectives and attitudes towards the wider financing and collateral markets. Existing actors from the traditional value chain, including those at either end, such as Institutional Investors and Alternative Investment Managers (AIMs), may well exit the market, whilst others will see the opportunity to leverage returns and drive new products and outcomes.  

At the same time, there is no doubt that the key elections in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States could well shape our political and advocacy agenda for the next three to five years, including settlement discipline and the desire by the politicians and regulators to drive towards T+1. Perhaps the moment has finally arrived when we grab the nettle of archaic and outdated systems that are themselves a natural barrier to innovation and efficiency. 

The ISLA 31st Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference is a certified CarbonNeutral® event in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol. To achieve CarbonNeutral® event certification, ISLA has once again, been working with Climate Impact Partners, specialists in carbon market solutions for climate action. This means that we will reduce the emissions generated by this event, in ways such as sourcing eco-friendly and recyclable merchandise and sourcing locally, as well as calculating and offsetting all remaining unavoidable emissions associated with the delivery of the event. As part of our commitment, and wherever possible, we will source materials and merchandise that are eco-friendly. As part of our our CarbonNeutral® event certification, offsetting program delivers finance to projects which are reducing emissions now, supporting the transition to a low carbon global economy. All the projects are independently verified to assure emission reductions are occurring. This ensures the highest environmental integrity in our commitment to have an immediate, positive impact on the climate.

For more information on our partnership with Climate Impact Partners, visit our Environmental Responsibility page. To view our CarbonNeutral® certificate for the 31st Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference, please click here.