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Join Roy Zimmerhansl with guest John Arnesen to go through a wide ranging review of securities finance over 2021 from GameStop at the beginning of the year, through IPOs and SPACs that had a major impact on revenues, on to Korean short selling bans expiring and much much more.  The episode includes a special announcement from John. Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint) Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

David McIntosh and Doug Reay, both Managing Directors of Blue Fire AI provide listeners with fascinating insights into the use of Artificial Intelligence in portfolio risk management and investment decision-making.  They provide real-life examples (such as Wirecard) of the strengths and limitations of AI in the investment process, identifying how it can be used effectively to augment human decision making, providing information that just can't be comprehensively compiled any other way. Between recording and making this programme live, Blue Fire AI won the WatersTechnology Best AI-Based Solution Asia award.  Congrats to the team at BlueFire! Join host Roy Zimmerhansl as he gets a glimpse of the future of risk management.  Roy also invites listeners to get in touch with feedback, comments and suggestions on the topic - [email protected]  You can find out more about Blue fire at their website Reach David via his LinkedIn profile here Reach Doug via his LinkedIn profile here Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint) Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Chris Hagstrom CEO, Kayenta, identifies the challenges in the hedge fund treasury space and takes host Roy Zimmerhansl through how Kayenta is addressing those issues.  Some themes consistent with the wider securities finance ecosystem arise, such as lack of standardisation.   The problems Kayenta is looking to solve go straight to the bottom line for their clients, but what does it mean for service providers? Explore these and other topics with Chris and Roy. You can find out more about Kayenta at their website Reach out to Chris via his LinkedIn profile here Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Ben Arnold and Michael Ashby of Meraki Global Advisors meet with Pierpoint Perspectives host Roy Zimmerhansl and speak with him on outsourced trading, the different models and the reasons why asset managers of all types may want to consider outsourced trading. There are lessons to be learned and applied to a range of businesses, including securities finance. You can find out more about Meraki at their website Reach out to Ben or Michael via their LinkedIn profiles: Ben Arnold Michael Ashby Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community - DOORS CLOSE ON 13 JUNE!!! Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Darren Crowther and Vishal Agrawal of Broadridge join host Roy Zimmerhansl to discuss technology - the current state; the existing and potential applications for robotics and artificial intelligence; and the disruptors that are already influencing the thinking of financial market participants. Broadridge  LinkedIn connections: Darren Crowther https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-crowther-a8103421 Vishal Agrawal https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalagrawal1999 Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community - DOORS CLOSE ON 13 JUNE!!! Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram 8InQ5MTPpEpOUXsigXjS Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Mark Faulkner, Co-Founder Credit Benchmark engages in a wide-ranging discussion with host Roy Zimmerhansl covering Basel IV, Peer-to-Peer, Pledge Collateral, Indemnifications, and even 'meme stocks'. Timeline 00:00 Introduction 2:45 New developments at Credit Benchmark 6:30 Importance of Basel IV to Securities Finance 9:30 Unrated entities – wider impact than Securities Finance 16:00 Absorbing the cost, GC, Peer-to-Peer, and mitigants 18:56 Collateral eligibility and market evolution 22:30 ESG 28:20 Pledge Collateral 30:22 Challenge of regulatory roll-out of Basel IV? 37:21 No easy labels for organisations 38:52 Financial strength and indemnifications 41:06 Meme stock frenzy and Being There 45:15 Roy’s Episode summary Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community  Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

This episode features Nick Bruce, who is Head of Business Development at Regis-TR; one of Europe's leading Trade Repositories. Speaking with host Roy Zimmerhansl, Nick gives listeners his perspective on the role of trade repositories, the rollout of SFTR, the challenge and opportunities of data evolution, and more. Timeline 00:00 Introduction 3:05 What is a Trade Repository? 8:30 Breadth of Regis-TR regulatory coverage 9:40 A holistic view of data and evolution of standards 19:01 Bringing together data from different regulatory regimes 22:35 Not sexy, but definitely important 23:51 Impact of Brexit 32:08 The human side of working in a Covid world 45:38 Nick’s closing thoughts on the future 49:38 Roy’s Episode summary and Season Two wrap-up Pierpoint Connections You can reach Roy Zimmerhansl at [email protected] and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/royzimmerhansl Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show

Que Phuong Dufournet-Tran, Trading Services & Analytics Regulatory Affairs, IHS Markit, continues with her SFTR Review, this time looking forward - what is the focus for the firms and industry participants for 2021? In January 2021, her scope was widened beyond SFTR due to the IHS Markit has acquired Cappitech, a technology provider of regulatory reporting, best execution analysis and business intelligence solutions.   Timeline 00:00 Introduction 2:42 The motto for 2021 - Data Quality and Control 8:05 The focus on Lifecycle Events 10:58 The problem of missing LEIs for Non-EEA issuers 25:19 Responsibility without Control 30:48 What are market participants focussed on for 2021? 32:37 Data standardisation - an international objective 38:54 No regulation is perfect - in a better place than we were 40:40 Roy's wrap-up Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Que Phuong Dufournet-Tran, IHS Markit, takes listeners and host Roy Zimmerhansl through a review of the progress at the six-month stage after initial SFTR implementation. Que Phuong works at IHS Markit in Trading and Services regulatory affairs, leading relations with industry associations and regulators for more than a year. In January her scope was widened beyond SFTR due to the IHS Markit has acquired Cappitech, a technology provider of regulatory reporting, best execution analysis and business intelligence solutions.   You can read Que Phuong's article that grabbed my attention at: http://bit.ly/SFTRQPDT Timeline 00:00 Introduction 3:59 Interesting beginnings for SFTR journey 6:31 Initial observations on first six months 7:51 Key positives of the implementation 10:31 Achieving a high Acceptance Rate 13:42 Documentation break issues and resolution 14:33 Problems with Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) 17:41 Improving counterparty exposure oversight 22:25 Turning to less positive aspects of implementation 30:31 Addressing the outstanding issues and priorities 33:22 Integrated information rather than UK/EU split 38:40 BAU or ongoing investment? 45:30 Minimum viable compliance vs Target Operating Model change 46:15 Outlook six-twelve months from today 47:11 Harmonisation of data 51:55 Learning from EMIR, Q&A process, Brexit 54:28 Additional responsibilities for Que Phuong 59:30 Roy's wrap-up Learn through access to experts, gain information and grow your contacts through the networking benefits of Pierpoint Alpha Community Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Richard Comotto, expert securities finance consultant with a deep and rich history in repo markets gives his assessment of the first six months of the implementation of SFTR. He shares his views with host Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead at Pierpoint. Richard's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-comotto-14a6403 Timeline 00:00 Introduction 3:10 Initial observations on first six months 6:35 “Extraordinary effort“ required … and delivered 12:15 The positive aspects of the implementation 19:47 Failure to invest in ‘fit for purpose’ technology 29:51 The less-positive side of SFTR and its implementation 42:10 SFTR review in April? 44:30 Brexit 47:10 Rating SFTR performance of SFTR stakeholders 52:50 Closing thoughts from Richard 58:50 Pierpoint Alpha Community 59:57 Roy's wrap-up Learn about the exciting education and networking benefits at Pierpoint Alpha Community Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Jeroen Bakker and Roy Zimmerhansl review Jeroen's blog post series of (In)Famous Hot Trades that involve securities lending. The blog posts mentioned in the episode are listed as part of the timeline Timeline 00:00 Introduction 8:04 Wirecard https://bit.ly/HotWirecard 11:09 Grenke AG https://bit.ly/HotGrenke 15:49 GSX TechEdu https://bit.ly/HotGSXTech 20:50 Volkswagen/Porsche and “what is a Short Squeeze?” https://bit.ly/HotVWPorsche 26:39 Citigroup https://bit.ly/HotCiti 34:12 Carillion https://bit.ly/HotCarillion 37:51 Nikola https://bit.ly/HotNikola 44:55 DoorDash IPO – a future short? 48:28 A request from Jeroen from Podcast Listeners 48:52 Jeroen’s favourite blog post(s) 51:50 Roy's “Thank Yous” and wrap-up Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)

Lucinda Guthrie, Executive Editor, Acuris, has been covering financial markets as a journalist for the past 15 years. She has been at the heart of deals and deal-making and she takes listeners through a review of 2020 and looks forward to 2021. You can find Lucinda on LinkedIn here Learn more about Acuris products such as Mergermarket, Dealreporter and PaRR at: https://www.acuris.com/ Timeline 00:00 Introduction 2:50 What is Acuris and why is it relevant to Securities Finance 4:15 2020 - A roller coaster year 7:55 Pandemic-proof or Bottom-fishing? 10:33 Given COVID-19 impact, how are deals affecting structures? 13:17 Corporates return to public equity markets 17:50 What does a normal Q4 look like and how does 2020 compare? 19:22 Impact of Brexit 26:52 Preliminary outlook for 2021 32:00 What is a SPAC and what are they used for? 35:15 Working From Home and deal-making 40:40 Roy's wrap up Pierpoint website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pierpoint)