All articles by Brian Bollen
-
Features
The case for an EU consolidated tape
Liquidity. Equality. Fragility. With apologies to the French Republic, these three words almost act as a lodestone in discussions about a consolidated tape (CT) for EU securities. The need for such a tape is becoming more apparent than ever, but it could still be three years or so before it become a reality, according to Susan Yavari, regulatory policy adviser at the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and the author of a detailed official position paper on the subject published in mid-February.
-
Special ReportCSDR’s settlement penalties kick in
New regulations attempt to clarify and standardise securities settlement procedures
-
FeaturesBriefing - Private equity: the case for transparency
A recent paper published by US-based academic Ashby Monk and others arguably says it all in its title – *An Economic Case for Transparency in Private Equity*.
-
FeaturesBriefing: Peer-to-peer securities lending
The words scale, operational efficiency and lower cost feature regularly in the State Street discussion of its new peer-to-peer securities lending product. Direct Access Lending enables direct, principal loans between its lending clients and its borrowing clients.
-
Special ReportHave we passed peak regulation?
Securities insiders believe the tide of regulation is finally ebbing
-
Special ReportBlockchain: On the slow burn
Blockchain projects have mostly not provided easy breakthroughs to date
-
Features
Securities Services: Evolutionary pressures rise with new demands
Key challenges facing securities services include margin pressure, regulatory change and technological development
-
Special Report
Big Data: Too big to ignore
Big data represents a huge challenge but offers a world of opportunities
-
Special Report
New Technology: A case of adapt or die
Securities services providers have little choice but to go with the flow of new technology
-
Special Report
Blockchain: Fintech’s double-edged sword
Blockchain may be useful but the transparency it provides may cause problems
-
Special Report
Securities Services: The search for the next big product
The potential of data has been seriously underestimated by securities services providers and the race is on to find more innovative ways of using it
-
Features
UK LGPS: Good news is good news
Securities services providers have a ring-side view of the pooling process for the UK local government pension sector. Brian Bollen polls the opinions
-
Features
Securities Lending: More work to be done
Brian Bollen examines the resilience of securities lending as it evolves to meet new challenges and demands in the financial industry
-
Special Report
Regulation: Scrutiny pushing up costs
The securities services industry is finally experiencing a respite from a decade-long regulatory onslaught which has increased costs for all participants
-
Special Report
T2S: What happens next?
It will be some time before it becomes clear whether the Target2Securities platform will streamline cross-border transactions or spark unintended consequences with layers of national and international regulations
-
Special Report
Technology: Late-Stage Fundraising
There has been a sudden jump in the number of technology-based companies that have raised equity privately at $1bn-plus valuations, often with no sign of an IPO to come
-
Special Report
Cyber Security in Asset Management
In an increasingly mobile, cloud-based digital world, the old model of thick walls around a centralised information keep is out of date
-
Features
Briefing: Pension Funds and ETFs, Still in the future
Exchange traded product providers claim improving costs make them better than derivatives or traditional passive solutions for both tactical and strategic investment. Brian Bollen finds Europe’s pension funds yet to be fully convinced
-
Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: Collateral transformations
Is the securities services industry betting on a new set of complex solutions to a collateral management problem that might never materialise? Brian Bollen investigates
-
Features
From recycle to growth cycle
Brian Bollen asks whether a pick-up in corporate and economic activity can awake the loan market from a torpor of refinancing
