Latest Collateral Podcast Episodes
A critical moment of industry change – the impact of SA-CCR Capital
Ahead of the Curve - June 09, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutesThe Standard Approach to Counterparty Credit Risk or SA-CCR is a new capital regulation that will create a series of prudential and market changes intended to make the financial system safer. Donal Gallagher, Co-Head of Quantitative Services at Acadia together with Justin Klug, President at Capi...
Summer's Story
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From - June 04, 2021 22:39 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn episode 5 of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From, Host Tia Ryans speaks with Summer Sprofera, who disclosed just how difficult her reentry journey was and still is because of the trauma of incarceration. Summer was incarcerated for approximately 9 years at Edn...
Darren Crowther & Vishal Agrawal - Broadridge Managing Technology Transition
Pierpoint Perspective$ - June 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourDarren 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. ...
Jason's Story
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From - May 30, 2021 23:17 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn episode 4 of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From, Host Tia Ryans speaks with Jason Conway, who explains with a proud veteran who gave a vivid description of the parallels between his time serving in the military and his sentence in New Jersey’s state prison. Jas...
Hanif's Story
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From - May 21, 2021 16:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn episode 3 of Hiding in Plain Sight: the Neighbors You Never Hear From, Host Tia Ryans speaks with Hanif Parker, who explains the effects of an addiction that lead to his incarceration and the social ills in urban spaces that challenged his identity. Hanif Parker is certified as a dr...
Cassandra's Story
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From - May 14, 2021 16:56 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Host Tia Ryans speaks with Cassandra Severe, who is a mother that takes us on an emotional journey of surviving sexual abuse as a child, how her acts of rebellion led to her eventual incarceration, and the moment she had to explain to her son that her stay at “college” ...
Series Trailer: Meet Tia Ryans & Welcome to Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Neighbors You Never Hear From - May 12, 2021 20:05 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn 2021 it’s difficult for the average person to imagine that someone born and raised in the United States does not know how to use technology or navigate public transportation, or could be overcome with anxiety at the thought of crossing the street. Now imagine being in a position where...
Unpacking the Agenda: The Biden Administration, a new SEC Chairman, UMR Phase 5, LIBOR, and the digital future ahead.
Ahead of the Curve - April 28, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutesJoin us for a special extended episode of Ahead of the Curve as we sit down with derivative market leaders Scott O’Malia CEO of ISDA and John Shay Chairman of AcadiaSoft. They discuss the agenda for the new Biden administration, the focus for the SEC under the newly sworn in chairman Gary Gensl...
Mark Faulkner. Credit Benchmark - Regs, Ratings & ESG
Pierpoint Perspective$ - March 25, 2021 01:00 - 48 minutesMark 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 Bas...
Nick Bruce Regis-TR - Trade Repositories, SFTR and more
Pierpoint Perspective$ - March 11, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutesThis 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 d...
Transformation: What does this really mean for the Derivatives industry?
Ahead of the Curve - February 05, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutesJoin Chris Walsh, CEO AcadiaSoft as he discusses the firm’s recent acquisition of Quaternion – how the strengths, strategic and cultural fit of both firms will bring new capabilities to mutual clients in terms of managing risk in an optimized manner. Chris shares his excitement of the acquisitio...
QP Dufournet-Tran, IHS Markit, SFTR 6M Review Pt 2
Pierpoint Perspective$ - February 04, 2021 09:20 - 43 minutesQue 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 ha...
QP Dufournet-Tran, IHS Markit - SFTR 6 Month Review
Pierpoint Perspective$ - January 29, 2021 07:45 - 1 hourQue 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 ...
Richard Comotto - SFTR 6 Month Review
Pierpoint Perspective$ - January 21, 2021 07:45 - 1 hourRichard 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.l...
Review of "Hot Trades" Blogs 2020
Pierpoint Perspective$ - December 17, 2020 01:01 - 56 minutesJeroen 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 ht...
Lucinda Guthrie, Executive Editor, Acuris - M&A, Capital Markets, Deals – Review and Outlook
Pierpoint Perspective$ - December 03, 2020 01:01 - 45 minutesLucinda 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 m...
Max Budra, AIMA - Short Selling and Responsible Investment
Pierpoint Perspective$ - November 26, 2020 00:57 - 51 minutesMax Budra of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) speaks with Roy Zimmerhansl about "Short Selling and Responsible Investment" a report released by AIMA in conjunction with Simmons and Simmons. Follow Max and AIMA AIMA Website Max Budra on LinkedIn Max's email: mbudra...
Manooj Mistry - Past, Present and Future of ETFs
Pierpoint Perspective$ - November 18, 2020 23:57 - 1 hourThis week’s guest is Manooj Mistry who has been at the heart of the growth of the ETF market in Europe. Manooj shares his personal journey with Roy Zimmerhansl - the tremendous growth of ETFs in Europe over the past 20 plus years. Manooj was formerly the head of ETFs and Index Investing at ...
Lynden Howie, Cantor Fitzgerald Europe - Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Pierpoint Perspective$ - November 12, 2020 00:09 - 53 minutesLynden 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 o...
Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!
Pierpoint Perspective$ - November 05, 2020 06:54 - 57 minutesRoger Cohen, founder of Portable Beta is an investor, derivatives specialist and academic, and joins host Roy Zimmerhansl to discuss ETFs; geared, leveraged and bear funds; ESG and quantum theory. You can follow Roger's work as follows: Roger Cohen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
Interview with Andy Dyson, CEO, ISLA October 2020
Pierpoint Perspective$ - October 29, 2020 00:02 - 1 hourShow Notes Andy Dyson, CEO, International Securities Lending Association addresses a huge range of topical and challenging issues in a sweeping and fast paced one-hour interview with host Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting. Timeline: 2:27 Reflections on I...
Fraser Perring - Viceroy Research - Short Selling Wirecard and other stocks
Pierpoint Perspective$ - September 23, 2020 22:57 - 40 minutesThis episode features renowned short seller Fraser Perring of Viceroy Research. Perring called out Wirecard publicly and suffered the consequences of challenging a darling stock. Other major frauds followed including Steinhoff, which was a $7.4 billion fiasco. Roy Zimmerhansl asks Perring ...
Leaving Libor: The Road to Risk Free Rates
Ahead of the Curve - September 11, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutesIn this Episode of Ahead of the Curve, John Pucciarelli – Head of Industry & Regulatory Strategy at AcadiaSoft is joined by guest speaker Ann Battle, Head of Benchmark Reform at ISDA (International Swaps & Derivatives Association). Ann provides us with her expert insight into why we are transiti...
Managing Service Providers
Pierpoint Perspective$ - September 02, 2020 23:47 - 58 minutesToday's episode covers the topic of Managing Service Provider Relationships and includes a discussion on ServiceMatrix, a ground-breaking alternative to traditional vendor benchmarking. Host Roy Zimmerhansl is joined by Lawrence Inman, Senior Supplier Oversight and Relationship Manager, Fund...
The Value of Exclusive arrangements
Pierpoint Perspective$ - August 19, 2020 23:42 - 52 minutesThe Pierpoint team, Jeroen Bakker, John Arnesen and Roy Zimmerhansl discuss and debate the value of Exclusive lending arrangements. Show timeline: 03:06 What is an Exclusive? 06:50 Exclusives - just another securities lending transaction? 10:00 What value does an Agent Lender add? 1...
Jeroen Bakker - Deeper dive into what Securities Borrowers want
Pierpoint Perspective$ - August 13, 2020 00:01 - 1 hourJeroen Bakker, Pierpoint Benelux Consulting Lead, delves further into the issues that are important for borrowers when they are determining where to source assets from. Check out Jeroen's latest blog post on the short squeeze that drove Volkswagen into briefly reaching the position of the l...
Gary Klahr, EquiLend: Building on the Past
Pierpoint Perspective$ - August 05, 2020 23:36 - 29 minutesGary Klahr, Associate Director, EquiLend is interviewed by Roy Zimmerhansl and talks about standardisation, operational efficiency, EquiLend’s mission and their support for the Pierpoint white paper series “A Journey Through Time: Paper 1 – Building on the Past” White paper available here: ...
Crunch time: Why data standardization in OTC Derivatives matters
Ahead of the Curve - July 31, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutesIn this second episode of Ahead of the Curve, AcadiaSoft’s Chief Product Officer, Fred Dassori and Head of Product Management, Richard Barton are joined by Donal Gallagher, CEO at Quaternion Risk Management. They provide fresh insights into how data standards in OTC Derivatives can help to mitig...
Mark Faulkner, Co-Founder Credit Benchmark talks Basel IV
Pierpoint Perspective$ - July 22, 2020 22:46 - 47 minutesMark Faulkner Co-Founder Credit Benchmark addresses Basel IV issues for Securities Finance with podcast host Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead at Pierpoint Financial Consulting Ltd. Stories mentioned in the podcast/other relevant material: Basel IV Rules CCP Network Creditworthiness Sub Cu...
Comments on IHS Markit 2020 First Half Securities Lending Revenue Report
Pierpoint Perspective$ - July 15, 2020 22:42 - 22 minutesPodcast Host Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead at Pierpoint Financial Consulting Ltd reviews securities lending revenues for the first six months of 2020 using IHS Markit data as the source for his comments. Stories mentioned in the podcast: IHS Markit firs half 2020 snapshot: https://ihsmar...
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