Lynden Howie, Cantor Fitzgerald Europe - Synthetic Prime Brokerage
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English - November 12, 2020 00:09 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBInvesting Business investing securities lending finance Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Lynden Howie, European Head of Equity Finance speaks in-depth with host Roy Zimmerhansl about Synthetic Prime Brokerage.
You can follow Lynden and Cantor Fitzgerald as follows:
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (including a section on Prime Services): https://www.cantor.com/global/europe/
Lynden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynden-howie-70948031
Show timeline
02:12 Lynden's background in Synthetic PB
05:24 What is Synthetic Prime Brokerage?
07:48 Why do investors use it?
10:56 Why do Prime Brokers offer a synthetic alternative to cash markets?
14:21 Trading with competitors
22:45 Long and Short synthetic positions
23:30 Access products and does Synthetic PB take business away from securities lending?
29:00 Synthetic PB as a 'thing' - the structures
31:35 Trade execution and trading platforms
41:25 Key changes in the market over past 20 years
43:10 Closing thoughts from Lynden
44:25 Lynden as an educator and those who inspire us
48:15 Roy's wrap up
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