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Is AI vs humans the right question?

Martin Walker, product manager at FIS, reflects on how the industry should look to use AI to supplement rather replace people, in improving efficiency, quality, and operational risk in securities finance

Extending the reach of secured funding and finance: A meeting point for the market

Clearstream��s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo��s Frank Gast reflect on a year of strong growth in cleared and triparty repo, high volumes in GC lending, new entrants to financing markets, and steps to bring a wider range of digital assets into the collateral pool

A new dawn

As the securities finance industry welcomes 2026, Hansa Tote gathers insights from industry experts on what they expect from the upcoming year

A transformative year: 2025 unpacked

In a review of the last year, Hansa Tote invites industry experts to discuss the drivers that have shaped the securities finance industry over the past 12 months

Extending the reach of secured funding and finance: A meeting point for the market

Clearstream��s Marton Szigeti and Eurex Repo��s Frank Gast reflect on a year of strong growth in cleared and triparty repo, high volumes in GC lending, new entrants to financing markets and steps to bring a wider range of digital assets into the collateral pool

Cboe Clear Europe and BNY unlock UCITS access

Cboe Clear Europe has named BNY as the first agent lender of its securities financing transactions clearing service �� the first to clear on behalf of UCITS clients, allowing them to participate in centrally cleared SFTs. Hansa Tote reports

The meteoric rise of ETFs: Future investment

Set to face a steep upward trajectory in the next 10 years, the ETF market has secured the attention of the securities finance space. As the industry reviews the expanding possibilities, experts debate whether the current infrastructure is ready to handle such growth. Carmella Haswell reports

Initial margin developments and best practices in 2025

Giuseppe Alessio Caccamo, senior lead, product analysis and design at S&P Global Market Intelligence, highlights the significance of initial margin, exploring best practices for margin assessment and the importance of ongoing validation processes

Saudi Arabia opens stock market to international investors

Denton��s Nik Colbridge, partner, Middle East Corporate, and Ahmed Butt, partner, Middle East Banking and Finance, review room for growth following the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia��s move to relax foreign investment restrictions

AI: The tin man without a heart?

Paul Chapman, managing director at HornbyChapman, reflects on the realities facing the next generation of post-trade professionals, warning that while AI brings speed and efficiency, it lacks the empathy and moral depth that define true human value in the workplace

Shaping a dynamic financial system

Following a 15-year-long push from the market, the introduction of a new Ministerial Order has authorised the use of securities lending for collective investment schemes in Spain. Carmella Haswell reports

We need more regulatory clarity to collateralise tokenised securities

EJ Liotta, head of prime finance and equity derivatives at TS Imagine, on issues surrounding using tokenised securities as collateral and the implications for prime brokers