Podcast 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://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/securities-finance-snapshot.html

Lansdowne retreats from shorting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-07/lansdowne-to-shut-main-hedge-fund-in-shift-away-from-shorting (subs may be required)

Sloane Robinson to close hedge fund: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-06/hedge-fund-sloane-robinson-to-shut-after-more-than-two-decades (subs may be required)

Andy Dyson interview: https://www.pierpoint.info/podcast/episode/4407c2ec/interview-with-andy-dyson-ceo-isla

Show Timeline:

02:00 The Numbers

07:10 What went right?

09:57 Where do we go from here?

15:58 Borrowers become more choosy

17:55 ISF/ISLA webinar series

19:21 Final Thoughts

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