Introduction In the dynamic landscape of financial regulation, the accuracy and reliability of internal rules-based (IRB) models for regulatory capital calculations have become increasingly critical. The Treasury’s Basel IV endgame reproposal presents a valuable...
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have released their 2024 report on artificial intelligence (AI) in UK financial services, highlighting a significant surge in AI adoption across the sector. The report, titled "Artificial Intelligence...
On September 10, 2024, Michael S. Barr, the Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision, delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution outlining potential changes to the Basel III Endgame and G-SIB Surcharge proposals, originally released in July 2023. Barr...
Many Believe FINRA Exceeded its Mandate On June 10, 2024, the SEC extended the period by which it must take action on FINRA’s proposed SLATE Rules from June 21, 2024 to August 5, 2024.
Time is Running out for Lenders to Prepare for T+1 and N-PX Loan Recall Wrinkles The securities industry is transitioning to a T+1 settlement cycle, where trades settle one business day after the transaction date. While this shift promises benefits like reduced market risk and lower costs, it poses significant challenges for securities lenders.
On April 2nd, 2026, an effusion of data from a daily trove of U.S. regulatory filings will create resources to drive many new use cases for artificial intelligence in capital markets. A clear opportunity exists in securities finance, where practitioners have repeatedly stated that major IT investments will be needed to comply with the many new regulatory mandates. “Black box” AI platforms may seem a ready solution but can also create nightmares for client reviews and lawsuits.
In our opinion, public data can clarify the rational limits of influence for predictive artificial intelligence. The best courtroom-ready models will display an audit trail based on the replication of critical decision parameters and vectors from past markets. Vendor data in securities finance may be more timely and deeper than the public releases but, for judicial purposes, the public data will provide foundational evidence for the “bounded rationality” of decision-makers, as defined by the late Herbert Simon, Nobel Laureate and the father of Artificial Intelligence.
More liquidity, transparency, and safety for institutional investors? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted final rules on money market (2a-7) fund reforms. These reforms are designed to make money market funds more resilient and liquid, potentially making them safer and more attractive vehicles for mutual funds to use as collateral pools for their […]
Persuasive Public Comment Helps Mold the Final Rule The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a new rule, rule 10c-1, to increase transparency in the securities lending market. The rule requires certain persons to report information about securities loans to a registered national securities association (RNSA). The RNSA will then make certain information publicly […]
How Securities Lenders Unraveled the $100 billion Pump and Dump Scheme By Ed Blount and Dan Hammond “In a matter of days, the companies at the center of Archegos’s trading scheme lost more than $100 billion in market capitalization, Archegos owed billions of dollars more than it had on hand, and Archegos collapsed.”U.S. Federal Bureau […]
Rogue Trader’s Collapse Still Ripples Through the Financial Industry In March 2021, Archegos Capital Management, a family office run by Bill Hwang, collapsed in a spectacular fashion, leaving its counterparties with over $10 billion in losses. The collapse of Archegos was one of the largest hedge fund failures in history, and it has since been […]