GFF Podcast
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -The Global Funding and Financing (GFF) podcast is Clearstream’s podcast series for the funding and financing industry, releasing monthly episodes with senior leaders in the space of secured finance covering all major topics shaping the world of collateral, securities lending, repo and OTC derivates leading up to the 2022 edition of the GFF Summit in Luxembourg. Stay connected with the GFF community across the globe and subscribe to our show. Each of the 30 minutes of lively episodes are hosted by Andrew Keith Walker, Finance and Tech Journalist and Christian Rossler, Senior VP, Securities Lending and Borrowing Products at Clearstream. Legal Information here - https://www.clearstream.com/clearstream-en/imprint-1277756
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GFF Podcast episode 9: ETF Securities Lending and Product Innovation
April 05, 2024 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBIn this show, we discuss the arrival of ETFs in securities lending and the new product and service offerings to meet the demand for ETF lending at Clearstream. As ETFs with fixed income underlying assets are now available for securities lending and eligible for use in both fails and strategic securities lending products, we go in-depth with ETF expert Allan Stewart (Exec. Director of ETF Sales and Relationship Management) and Catherine Pring (Senior Product Manager for Securities Lending Pro...
The future of AI in securities lending, repo and market infrastructure
March 01, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBTune in to the newest episode of the #GFFpodcast featuring Bart Coppens, one of the architects of OSCAR, our AI-based application for collateral management, and Fabrice Tomenko, innovation leader and CEO of Clearstream International S.A. Together with host Andrew Keith Walker they explore the latest #AI fintech innovations and the next generation of AI workplace tools.
GFF Summit Live: 2024 Outlook with Industry Leaders - What Lies Ahead?
February 09, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBIn this show we interview senior leaders live at the GFF Summit on the rising repo markets, T+1, collateral management, intraday trading & liquidity concerns, AI in finance, Central Banks, CCPs, changing monetary policy & ECB operations, clearing US Treasuries, sustainable development goals, green finance and more - with Dr. Karsten Stroborn (Deutsche Bundesbank), Leslie Maasdoorp (New Development Bank), Jean-Marie Masse (EuroGreen Capital Partners), Richard Comotto (ICMA), Adrian Dale (ISL...
Year-End Special: Repo Markets, Excess Liquidity, ECB policy & Predictions for 2024
December 01, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this special year-end episode, we explore the changing EU money market ecosystem. We discuss quantitative tightening, new developments in Minimum Reserve Requirements, changes to sovereign deposit remuneration and excess liquidity. With expert insight from Christophe Rieger (Head of Commerzbank's Rates and Credit Research) and Martin Nazary (Head of Short Term Products at Deutsche Finanzagentur, a major source of liquidity in EU repo markets), both speakers at the upcoming GFF Summit in L...
Securities Lending Special: Meet the ISF Global Investor Best-in-Class 2023 Winners
November 03, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this show, we celebrate our award-winning ASLplus platform. Lifetime Achievement Award winner Alexandre Roques (Head of Sec Lending Trading Desk) and Head of Securities Lending and Borrowing Banu Apers join us for a look at the innovative features and trade ideas that earned this prestigious win from a survey of borrowers around the world. We also look at how Securities Lending markets have changed over the years and consider the major impacts of quantitative tightening over 2023, the mat...
SIBOS Debrief: Behind the Headlines with Marton Szigeti and Marcus Austin
October 06, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBIn this episode Marton Szigeti (Head of Collateral, Lending and Liquidity Solutions) and Marcus Austin (Head of Sales, UK Ireland & Americas, CLLS) give us the insider view of this year’s SIBOS event. We go behind the headlines to explore what the implications of T+1 will mean for markets globally; how AI and data will shape collateral and lLending over the coming years; and explore a diverse range of headline topics from CBDC to the growth of Triparty Collateral Management, blockchain, toke...
Fostering New African Repo Markets with David Escoffier & the COP26 Liquidity and Sustainability Facility
August 04, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBIn this special extended episode, Christian Rossler and Andrew Keith Walker are joined in a lively discussion by special guests David Escoffier (CEO, LSF) and James Cherry (Clearstream) to discuss the LSF Secretariat's plans to reduce the burden of financing costs for African Sovereigns and high-quality counterparties through establishing secondary markets for African repos, and increase African green bond issuances to help finance their climate goals. David discusses the mechanics of the L...
Exploring CCMS - the Canadian Collateral Management System with Clearstream & TMX CDS
July 07, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this new episode, our hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler are joined by two guests: Steve Everett, Head of Business Strategy & Innovation at the Canadian Depository for Securities (TMX CDS), and Fabrice Tomenko, CEO of Clearstream International. Together, they discuss the unique partnership between TMX and Clearstream and its far-reaching implications for collateral management and mobilisation in Canada, which has given rise to Canada’s first triparty collateral management...
Leverage the Future Potential of ECMS with Clearstream & Vermeg
June 02, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBWelcome back to season 3 of the GFF Podcast. In this new season, we kick off episode 1 with an in-depth discussion on the work being done by Clearstream and its partner VERMEG on the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS). The ECMS will bring together the 20 Eurozone national central banks with a single, unified system for managing assets used as collateral in Eurosystem credit operations. Set to go live in April 2024, ECMS represents a major innovation for market participants acro...
Thriving in a Changing World - GFF Summit 2023 Preview
January 26, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBIn this show we preview the upcoming GFF Summit 2023 in Luxembourg with CEO of Clearstream Securities Services Samuel Riley, and Head of Collateral, Lending and Liquidity Solutions Marton Szigeti. Together with co-hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler, they discuss the major themes that will dominate 2023 in the securities lending and repo markets, plus the theme of this year's GFF - "Thriving in a Changing World". With a preview of the events and influential speakers at this year...
Review of 2022 & New Collateral Initiatives for 2023
December 15, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this festive review of the year, Clearstream's Head of Securities Lending & Borrowing Banu Apers, Head of Business Development James Cherry and the new Global Head of Collateral Management Gaël Delaunay join Christian Rossler and Andrew Keith Walker to discuss the major collateral and securities lending developments of 2022 and the new products and services on offer from Clearstream in 2023. Plus our usual Merry Christmas message in the many languages of the Banking, Funding and Financin...
Sustainable Repo Special
November 04, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode we discuss the emergence of sustainability-related repo products, explore the development and categorisation of sustainable practices within the repo market, and how sustainability-related repo plays a role in the transition to green finance - with Zhan Chen (Associate in Market Practice at ICMA) Carsten Hiller (Head of Fixed Income Derivatives, Funding & Financing Sales for Central Europe at Eurex & Vice Chair of ICMA’s Sustainable Repo Taskforce) and Marc Poinsignon (Busine...
Sustainable Repo Special
November 04, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode we discuss the emergence of sustainability-related repo products, explore the development and categorisation of sustainable practices within the repo market, and how sustainability-related repo plays a role in the transition to green finance - with Zhan Chen (Associate in Market Practice at ICMA) Carsten Hiller (Head of Fixed Income Derivatives, Funding & Financing Sales for Central Europe at Eurex & Vice Chair of ICMA’s Sustainable Repo Taskforce) and Marc Poinsignon (Busine...
GFF 2022 Highlights
October 07, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn this show we report back from the GFFSummit 2022 and catch-up with some of the guests, speakers and industry leaders that made the event such a huge success - including interviews with Farrah Mahmood and Adrian Dale (ISLA), repo expect and commentator Richard Comotto (ICMA), ESG investment and sustainable development expert Leslie Maasdoorp (CFO, New Development Bank), green bond pioneerJean-Marie Masse (MD Blue Like an Orange Sustainable Capital) and Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bond...
Accelerate Your Journey - The 2022 GFF Summit Preview Special
September 02, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBIn this month's show we present a preview of the 2022 GFF Summit in Luxembourg, which will be one of the biggest and most prestigious events on the European finance industry calendar. We meet the organisers, and talk about the big themes and topics that will make-up the agenda for the event - featuring senior leaders from politics, finance, central banks and green initiatives, plus dozens of speakers from over 25 major organisations and market participants, multiple networking events, closed...
Central Bank Digital Currencies & Digital Transformation in the Finance Industry - with Steve Jacoby
August 05, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBNew technologies such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) continue to be in the focus of financial market players as well as central banks. In this episode , we discuss the use of securities (collateral) and cash (digital currencies) in a DLT environment. We also consider the challenges facing Central Bank Digital Currencies, and the advances in digital issuance, tokenization, DLT collateral management and settlement systems.
Climate Finance Masterclass with Jean-Marie Masse
July 01, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this special extended show we go in-depth into the current state of climate finance, with former Finance Industry CIO of the IFC and COP26 panellist Jean-Marie Mass. As someone who was working with the IFC when its sister organisation the World Bank launched the first green bond in 2007, and went on to structure the first (and largest) green bond fund in the world with the IFC and Amundi in 2018, Jean-Marie Masse is acknowledged as one of the leading minds in the field of climate finance...
Greening the Economy: Sustainable Securities Lending, Repo & Green Bonds with Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bond Initiative
June 03, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn this show we meet the Co-founder and CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, Sean Kidney, for a lively and wide ranging conversation about the vital role green bonds and green finance will play in preventing the worst effects of climate change. This show gives us some insights into the scale of the challenge, and the huge progress being made - which will be a key topic and panel event at this year's GFF Summit, 13-15 September 2022. Sean is a world-renowned expert, who in addition to his wo...
Sustainable Funding & Financing with WWF and ISS ESG
April 01, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBIn the last show of season 1, we are delighted to present a feature-length virtual panel event with Margaret Kuhlow (Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF) and Viola Lutz (Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG). Our special guests (who are also speaking at the 2022 GFF summit in September) join Christian Rossler and Andrew Keith Walker to discuss the progress of ESG initiatives to affect sustainable change in the global funding and financing community. With expert insights, we discuss the acti...
Back to the Future with Eurex Clearing
March 04, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this month's show, we welcome Phil Simons (Eurex Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income Derivatives, Funding and Financing) and Frank Odendall (Eurex Head of Repo Product & Business Development) to discuss the current conditions and challenges in the EU 27. We discuss the huge growth in cleared repo, driven by the need for margining and variations in a volatile EU marketplace, meeting the challenges of the 'perfect storm' of inflation, QE tapering, post-COVID economic recovery, EMIR refit...
Secured Funding and Financing in Motion with Eurex Repo
February 04, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this show Frank Gast (MD Fixed Income Derivatives & Exec. Member Eurex Repo) and Carsten Hiller (Head of Fixed Income Derivatives, Funding & Financing Sales for Europe, Eurex) join the show to discuss the growth of GC Pooling and the Eurex Repo Partnership Programme. Plus we explore the forces driving innovation and product development in the markets - from greater involvement of the Buy-Side and new market participants, through to the need for greater flexibility in Balance Sheet Nett...
The Future of Collateral Management in 2022 - Blockchain, DLT & HQLA
December 31, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode we look in-depth at the way blockchain technology and DLT is changing the world of collateral management with Fabrice Tomenko (CEO Clearstream International) and Nick Short (COO HQLAx). We go in-depth with the game-changing tools at HQLAx that can transfer collateral ownership across locations and jurisdictions at precise times, and consider the new concept of Collateral Immobility and how it can reduce pain points for market participants, remove settlement friction, reduce...
6. Collateral Management Innovations & UMR Solutions with CloudMargin
November 26, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode we are joined by Jean-Robert Wilkin (Head of BFF Business Development, Clearstream ), James Cherry (SVP Collateral & Liquidity Management, Clearstream) and Simon Millington (Head of Business Development, CloudMargin) to talk about the new tech solutions that are enabling new market participants to comply with UMR regulations and the new Phase 6 changes that arrive in 2022. We explore the challenges for the hundreds of newly in-scope counterparties under UMR Phase 6 to achiev...
Collateral Management Innovations & UMR Solutions with CloudMargin
November 26, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode we are joined by Jean-Robert Wilkin (Head of BFF Business Development, Clearstream ), James Cherry (SVP Collateral & Liquidity Management, Clearstream) and Simon Millington (Head of Business Development, CloudMargin) to talk about the new tech solutions that are enabling new market participants to comply with UMR regulations and the new Phase 6 changes that arrive in 2022. We explore the challenges for the hundreds of newly in-scope counterparties under UMR Phase 6 to achiev...
Frictionless End-to-End Investor Banking Services with Défi Kimenga and José Manoka
October 29, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis episode our hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler go in-depth for a lively chat about Clearstream's banking products and services with the banking products Head of Product Management Défi Kimenga and VP of Business and Product Development José Manoka. We go in depth with the way Clearstream has developed a wide range of business enabling tools for market participants to manage their balance sheets and optimise their cash strategies. We explore the innovative credit, settlemen...
Triparty Securities Lending & Collateral Management with Jonathan Lombardo
September 24, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis episode our hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler go in-depth for a lively SecLending chat about Clearstream's innovations in the field of Triparty Collateral management with Jonathan Lombardo (Chairman, ISLA) and Marc Poinsignon (Product Manager & Business Development of Triparty Agency Services). With the insights of industry expert Jonathan Lombardo, we discuss the increasingly important role of Triparty agents in the Securities Lending market, with a particular focus on h...
The Evolution and Future of Repo
August 27, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBThis episode our hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler go in-depth for a lively SecLending chat about Clearstream's innovations in the field of Repo (repurchasing agreements) with Richard Glen (Head of Collateral Management, Clearstream) and Para Saratchandran (Product Manager for Repo, Clearstream). Like Repo markets, this is a fast moving show where we explore the evolution of Repo, the challenges for NFCs (non-financial counterparties) who are entering the world of secured lend...
ASL Principal - Special Preview of the New Fails Lending Product for T2S
July 30, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBIn this show our hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler go in-depth for a lively SecLending chat about Clearstream's new fails lending product ASL Principal, which bridges the gap between ICSDs and CSD settlement on the T2S platform. The leads on this unique new product - Banu Apers (Head of Securities Lending and Borrowing, Clearstream) and Catherine Pring (Product Development Expert for Securities Lending and Borrowing at Clearstream) talk about the role of the product, its uniq...
The Award Winning ASLplus Platform with Tilman Fechter and Alexandre Roques
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBStay connected with the GFF community across the globe In this episode we explore the need for Central Banks to lend high quality liquid assets acquired through ECB asset purchasing programmes - PSPP and PEPP - back into securities markets to increase liquidity. Our special guests are Tilman Fechter (Head of Banking, Funding & Financing at Clearstream) and Alexandre Roques (Head of Securities Lending, Trading & Distribution Desk, Clearstream) talking about the role of Clearstream's ASLplus ...
The Award Winning ASLplus Platform with Tilman Fechter and Alexandre Roques
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBStay connected with the GFF community across the globe In this episode we explore the need for Central Banks to lend high quality liquid assets acquired through ECB asset purchasing programmes - PSPP and PEPP - back into securities markets to increase liquidity. Our special guests are Tilman Fechter (Head of Banking, Funding & Financing at Clearstream) and Alexandre Roques (Head of Securities Lending, Trading & Distribution Desk, Clearstream) talking about the role of Clearstream's ASLplus ...
The Award Winning ASLPlus Platform with Tilman Fechter and Alexandre Roques
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBJoin us for 30 minutes of lively chat with GFF hosts Andrew Keith Walker (Finance & Tech Journalist) and Christian Rossler (Clearstream's Banking, Funding & Financing Senior VP for Securities Lending Products & Business Development for Securities Lending Products) and senior leaders in the Securities Finance and Custody world, covering all the major topics that are shaping the world of funding and financing leading up to the 2022 GFF Summit in Luxembourg. In this episode we explore the need...
The Award Winning ASL Plus Platform with Tilman Fechter and Alexandre Roques
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBJoin us for 30 minutes of lively chat with GFF hosts Andrew Keith Walker (Finance & Tech Journalist) and Christian Rossler (Clearstream's Banking, Funding & Financing Senior VP for Securities Lending Products & Business Development for Securities Lending Products) and senior leaders in the Securities Finance and Custody world, covering all the major topics that are shaping the world of funding and financing leading up to the 2022 GFF Summit in Luxembourg. In this episode we explore the need...