by Ed Blount, Founder and Director Emeritus | Feb 19, 2021 | All, Traditions
By Ed Blount and Aaron Gerdeman (reprinted from 2005, emphasis added in June 2021)* Since 1980, the cash-based securities lending program has evolved to become the prevalent form of collateral management model in the United States. By 2005, U.S.-domiciled insurers,... by Ed Blount, Founder and Director Emeritus | Feb 18, 2021 | All
Our February 1st blog, “An Existential Moment for Securities Finance,” was followed three days later by a meeting of the Securities Finance Committee of the Bank of England. According to the meeting minutes, published yesterday, bankers registered...
by Ed Blount, Founder and Director Emeritus | Jan 19, 2021 | All, Commentary, Cross-Post
Feb 1, 2021: The social controversy over Gamestop’s (GME) battle of wills — r/wallstreetbets v ‘The Shorts’ — may well harden the scrutiny of regulators and litigators toward the US$2.4 trillion global equity finance ecosystem that supports hedge fund...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA, Executive Director, Ed Blount, Founder and Director Emeritus | Sep 29, 2020 | All, Commentary, Cross-Post
European commissioners are reviewing a study from their securities and market authority (ESMA) that includes a recommendation for new laws to combat unfair trading practices and an extended remit for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to conduct snap audits of...
by Ed Blount, Founder and Director Emeritus | Sep 19, 2020 | All, Commentary, Cross-Post, Procedural Changes
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recommended that the market regulators in EU Member States combine trade data generated from the Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) with local surveillance data to empower tax authorities to catch...
