<p>With 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes and bringing increased security, enhanced resilience and soundness to financial markets.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.dtcc.com">www.dtcc.com</a>.</p>

<p>EquiLend is a global financial technology firm offering Trading, Post-Trade, Data &amp; Analytics, RegTech and Platform Solutions for the securities finance industry. EquiLend has offices in North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific and is regulated in jurisdictions around the globe. The company is Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland and India and was named Best Post-Trade Service Provider Globally, Best Market Data Provider Globally and awarded for its Diversity &amp; Inclusion in the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2023.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a class="Hyperlink SCXW251664068 BCX0" href="http://www.equilend.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW251664068 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW251664068 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">http://www.equilend.com/</span></span></a><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW251664068 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW251664068 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;d43a40ee-2ec1-4bf5-a0af-8bd6d71ac021|170&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;eop&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;eop&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}"> .</span></span></p>

<p>As part of Eurex Group, Eurex Repo is a leading provider for international financing in the secured money market business. Its highly liquid marketplace combines electronic trading, with the efficiency and safety of clearing as well as standardised collateral management and settlement for secured funding and financing transactions.</p> <p>A wide range of international fixed income securities and equities can be traded in e.g. EUR, USD, GBP and CHF within the General Collateral (GC) and Special Repo segments.</p> <p>The Repo Market and GC Pooling Market offer trading opportunities with a fully integrated trading, clearing and settlement. As soon as a trade is concluded Eurex Clearing steps in as central counterparty (CCP) and performs a comprehensive risk and delivery management. The eTriParty Market as well as the HQLAx Market offer bilateral secured funding or collateral swap transactions without the involvement of Eurex Clearing as CCP. All markets are managed by Eurex Repo GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurex Frankfurt AG.</p> <p>Eurex Repo GmbH is part of the Eurex Group owned by Deutsche Börse AG. Eurex Repo GmbH is a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) according to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004/39/EC (MIFID) and is supervised by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).</p> <p>To learn more, visit; <a href="https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/">https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/</a>.</p>

<p>Euroclear is one of the world’s largest providers of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, ETF and mutual fund transactions. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise. The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank – which is rated AA by Fitch Ratings and Standard &amp; Poor’s – as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden, Euroclear UK &amp; International and the fund platform MFEX. The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 992 trillion in securities transactions in 2022, representing 304 million domestic and cross-border transactions, and held EUR 35.6 trillion in assets for clients by end of 2022.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://www.euroclear.com/en.html">https://www.euroclear.com/en.html</a>.</p>

<p>For industry professionals in securities finance, collateral management and derivatives, getting beyond the hype and understanding how news events and regulatory announcements will affect their business can be a challenge. Finadium News &amp; Opinion provides a valuable resource. Our work is driven by our independent research program that investigates market opinions, regulatory change and product development, including primary surveys and data collection. We host major conferences in the US and Europe, as well as smaller regional and online events. Finadium subscription and consulting clients include pensions, asset managers, hedge funds, prime brokers, custodians, exchanges, CCPs, Central Securities Depositories, regulators and technology companies.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://finadium.com/news-and-opinion/">https://finadium.com/news-and-opinion/</a></p>

<p>FORVIS, LLP  is an integrated professional services firm with a global reach and a passion to drive businesses forward. The firm’s 6,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services in all 50 states and internationally. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, FORVIS upholds an unwavering purpose to help those we serve unlock their full potential—including our people, our clients, and our communities.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://www.forvis.com/">https://www.forvis.com/</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>HQLAᵡ  is an innovative financial technology firm that leverages Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to bring game-changing efficiencies to the securities finance and repo industry. Our core clients are banks and asset managers active in the global securities finance and repo markets, and our unique platform enables market participants to execute frictionless, precise and real-time transfer of ownership of securities.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://www.hqla-x.com/">https://www.hqla-x.com/</a>.</p>

<p>J.P. Morgan’s Trading Services comprises its Agency Securities Finance and Collateral Services businesses. Our suite of Trading Services products is able to maximise value for clients from our unique position as a leading agent lender, provider of innovative of financing solutions, and one of the industry leading global tri-party and collateral management agents. J.P. Morgan has been providing Agency Securities Finance services for over 40 years and Collateral Services for over 25 years, combining the high touch, knowledgeable service of a bespoke provider with the security and risk management capabilities unique to a global investment bank. We provide a unique proposition to our clients that draws on the expertise and infrastructure of J.P. Morgan’s Corporate &amp; Investment Bank, Securities Services and Asset Management businesses.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://www.jpmorgan.com/global">https://www.jpmorgan.com/global</a>.</p>

<p>Pirum sits at the heart of a complex multi-party financial markets eco-system, digitalising manual workflows and supporting the lifecycle of trading &amp; collateral management in securities lending, repo and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.</p> <p>It is a market leading software provider to over 180 global institutions within Securities Finance, providing automation to every lifecycle event within Securities Finance and collateral management and it has a well-defined, client-validated product roadmap that leverages its existing platform, client base and connectivity, with further organic growth opportunity from geographic expansion.</p> <p>We are a valued business partner that is always looking to innovate in order to navigate through challenging markets for the benefit of our clients. It is a global solution provider to the Securities Finance market and beyond.</p> <p>Our thoughtful, client led solutions cover the full trade and collateral lifecycle and are a complement to various regulatory requirements such as SFTR, CSDR and UMR.</p> <p>To learn more, visit <a href="https://www.pirum.com/">https://www.pirum.com/</a>.</p>