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The Bank of Canada discusses the organization of the securities lending market in Canada in their July 2019 discussion paper. 

Securities lending transactions have become, and are likely to remain, an important element of modern financial markets. This report …

Financial market participants rely on access to low-cost funding and to specific securities for their operations… report available in PDF

The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) have today published a report, The GFMA and ICMA Repo...Read More

Reeve Serman, president of the Canadian Securities Lending Association (Casla), reveals the organisation’s work agenda for the next 12 months Since Casla’s...Read More

November 22, 2012 – FSB Consultative Document on Securities Lending and Repos.

The Ministry of Finance has amended Section 260 of the Finance Act redefining the definition of a qualified security for purposes of...Read More

Dodd Frank Section 165 Section (d) and (e) are applicable to Securities Lending arrangements for US providers and will have certain implications...Read More

Changes include: 1) Repealing the tick test 2) Imposing a pre-borrow requirement under certain circumstances. 3) ‘Short Designation’ requirement: applicable sell orders...Read More

Canadian market participants met up at the CASLA Conference to discuss the effects of the eurozone crisis, trends in collateral, regulation and...Read More