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In December 2020, ISLA partnered with World Pensions Council to support the G7 Pensions Global Financial Forum 2020. This second session, includes a fire-side chat with Andrew Dyson CEO ISLA, Sarah Wilson and Xavier Bouthors who discuss the rise of ESG in the context of asset management and evolving investor sentiment. Familiar themes such as shareholder engagement as well as proxy voting are considered, as a traditionally rules-based regulatory world continues to focus and adapt to an increasingly values-based one.
In December 2020, ISLA partnered with World Pensions Council to support the G7 Pensions Global Financial Forum 2020. This session covers the panel moderated by ISLA’s Head of Legal Services, Tina Baker, and featuring Ernst Dolce, Xavier Bouthors, Maurice Leo and Rickie Smith. Considering themes such as Brexit, liquidity, the broader aims of the Capital Markets Union, as well as collateral harmonisation and mobilisation. Followed by a presentation from Stephen Yeats on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
Watch the ISLA CDM Showcase catch up video. A webinar event that took place on 1 December 2020, with presentations and demonstrations modelling the lifecycle of a securities lending transaction using a Common Domain Model (CDM) architecture in conjunction with a subgroup of ISLA’s members.
This short 3 minute animation discusses the securities lending and financing industry from the perspective of the myriad of disparate platforms, processes and systems that have been built over the years, and the corresponding challenges to market participants in the form of costs and operational risk. The ISLA Common Domain Model (CDM), which the Association is building in collaboration with its membership, lays the foundation for a digital future for these markets. By consistently modelling product and event representations, our objective is to create industry-wide uniformity and best practice.
On September 29, 2020, EquiLend hosted a live-streamed panel of global industry experts as they discussed and debated on relevant topics on digital transformation including technology innovation, process standardization and digitization of documents and data.
To conclude the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series 2020, Roy Zimmerhansl and Andrew Dyson discuss the key highlights and talking points, and how ISLA’s own priorities relate to the broad array of topics covered over the preceding ten days.
ISLA have highlighted common data representations as a priority whilst firms continue to grapple with SFTR. We may be entering a difficult period for profitability. Will the industry have the resources to continue the drive towards a digitalised future, or are the potential efficiencies more of a necessity than ever? What are the latest developments for documentation? What are the next steps in post-trade efficiency? Watch the popular technology session at the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series between 7 – 16 July 2020.
Set against a backdrop of recent volatility, short-selling bans and changing trading strategies, what might the demand landscape look like for the rest of the year, and into 2021? What will this mean for prime brokers, agent lenders and ultimately beneficial owners? Watch the penultimate session at the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series (7 – 16 July 2020).
As Europe begins to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that that the sustainable finance agenda will play an integral part in that recovery process. As retail investors increasingly demand other outcomes from their investments than simply profit, this session at the recent ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series (7 – 16 July 2020) debates where Europe is on this journey.
Senior figures from across the securities finance industry share their perspectives, outlook, and experiences so far during this exceptional year at the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series.
What effects were transmitted through the web of agent lenders, market makers, exchanges, MMFs? What were the connections between repo, SBL, TRS, HQLA, and even ETF liquidity? What was expected, unexpected, and counter-intuitive? If you missed it, watch this diverse group respond to these questions and more during the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series.
What are the key challenges that Europe faces when thinking about the development of a fully fledged market-based economic model, and how may those change now that it is increasingly clear that the UK is likely to pursue a strategy of regulatory divergence in the medium term. Watch this esteemed panel at the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series.
Recent market volatility has raised a number of questions regarding the impact of coming regulations and the effect that could have on the markets post-implementation. Watch this insightful panel discussion from the ISF & ISLA Securities Finance Webinar Series.
This short 5 minute animation, produced by the digital team at FleishmanHillard, explains what securities lending is, who uses securities lending and why, and how securities lending benefits broader financial markets and the provision of liquidity.
On June 4, 2020, EquiLend curated a live-streamed panel of global industry experts, including Andrew Dyson, where they debated the impactful, sudden change that swept across securities finance with COVID-19, and how the industry will navigate the new environment in the future.
18 December 2020
Andrew Dyson, CEO, alongside Adrian Dale, Head of Regulation & Market Practice, Tina Baker, Head of Legal Services, Lewis Nicholson and Farrah Mahmood, Regulatory Analysts, provide a quarterly update on the Association’s key priorities across advocacy, regulatory, market practice and legal in our latest Legal & Regulatory December podcast.
29 October 2020
As part of Pierpoint Financial Consulting’s Perspective$ podcast series, in Season 2: Episode 1, Andrew Dyson, addresses a huge range of topical and challenging issues in a sweeping and fast paced one-hour interview with host Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting.
02 October 2020
Andrew Dyson, CEO, alongside Adrian Dale, Head of Regulation & Market Practice, Farrah Mahmood, Regulatory Analyst, and Tina Baker, Head of Legal Services provide a quarterly update on the Association’s key priorities across advocacy, regulatory, market practice and legal in our latest podcast.
30 June 2020
Welcome to ISLA’s first Legal & Regulatory Broadcast Podcast! Hosted by Adrian Dale, Head of Regulation & Market Practice, our regular update on the Association’s key priorities across advocacy, regulatory, market practice and legal, is now delivered via an informative podcast.
11 June 2020
As part of Pierpoint Financial Consulting’s Perspective$ podcast series, Andrew Dyson, shares his thoughts and views on industry priorities, the need for improved communications, and various impending regulations.
01 May 2020
As part of their Insights series, Brooke Gillman and Simon Lee at eSecLending speak with Matthew Chessum from Aberdeen Standard Investments and Radek Stech from the ISLA Council for Sustainable Finance on the subject of ESG and securities lending.
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