May 20 2020
This report presents how Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are impacting capital markets. Much attention has been paid to investment trends, but ESG in investments requires corresponding changes in banks, service providers and market infrastructure to be successful. A primary survey of senior capital markets executives combined with a cost/benefit analysis shows the current state of the industry.
May 19 2020
OCC’s announcement that it will use Axoni’s Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), DTCC’s Project ION and comments on our securities lending webinars last week make it clear that it’s time to revisit the adoption curve of DLT/blockchain in the securities finance space. The Common Domain Model (CDM) is also now an integral part of the conversation. Here’s our update.
May 18 2020
Last week’s FISL webinar series covered a wide range of topics against the backdrop of the coronavirus fallout: securities lending market dynamics and revenue trends, managing workplace disruption across generations, and the role of technology now and in the future. We provide a wrap-up of some of the major points.
