

Information Security in Securities Finance
With the latest computing and networking advancements, Information Security has become one of the most discussed areas within the...


ALD - Ten Years Later
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the implementation of the Agency Lending Disclosure of Principals (ALD) in the United States...


Benchmarking the Benchmarkers
Over the years, as the Securities Finance industry grew to a multi-trillion-dollar business, trading in tens of thousands of instruments,...


Don't Be Afraid of The Outsourcing
Outsourcing… The term usually triggers a negative reaction from everyone, whether it’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or Information...


US Securities Lending Technical Architecture Comparative Analysis
In this article we will attempt to make a comparison between different architectural models supporting US Securities Lending business. In...


Short Sale Locate Architecture
Any US broker-dealer (and now many foreign banks as well) is required to have a locate for every short sale transaction. When this rule...


Securities Finance: BUILD vs BUY
The topic of this post is probably the most talked about by anyone in the industry. After all, the decision to build system in house vs...


Securities Finance Client P&L DEMYSTIFIED
Every trader and business head would agree that the most important measure of one’s success is P&L. Business profitability is also the...


Loanet as … GENERAL LEDGER
If you are a full service Loanet client, chances are you are not using all Loanet services. There are many reasons for this but the most...


Securities Finance Real Time Risk Management … AT NO COST
One of the major problems securities finance traders and risk managers are experiencing is the inability to monitor risk in real time. A...