GFF Podcast

In our final episode of Season 3, we take an in-depth look at Clearstream's newly added central bank money (CeBM) settlement for triparty repo. Integrated with the EU’s TARGET2 real-time gross settlement platform, CeBM opens up uncleared triparty repos to a wider market of more diverse financial and non-financial counterparties. CeBM is designed to facilitate entities such as debt management offices and state treasuries that want to engage in the reduced risk of central bank money settlement, with less friction and back-office complexity for lifecycle events. As repo volumes increase and inflation, volatility and interest rates continue to be unpredictable, CeBM adds another liquidity management tool into the money markets in an industry first for Clearstream. Join James Cherry, Head of Business Development (and long-time contributor) and Christian Rossler as they break down the key issues and look ahead to the big macroeconomic issues that will shape the next year of global funding and financing. 

In 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 Products) on the mechanics, opportunities and roadmap for Clearstream’s new ETF lending programme. We also look at the broader ramifications of ETFs being held in central bank reserves and get out our GFF crystal ball to predict where this innovative new market will be this time next year.

Tune 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. 

In 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 (ISLA), Jorge Sanz (IBM), Christoph Rieger (Commerzbank), Nehal Udeshi (BNY Mellon), Nick Short, Erica De Rosa & Charlie Amesbury (HQLAx), Catherine Pring, Elodie Putz (Clearstream), Frank Gast (Eurex Repo) and Marton Szigeti (Clearstream). Plus more. Don't miss this live show recorded at the 2024 GFF Summit in Luxembourg.  With co-hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler.

In 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 Luxembourg (31 January to 1 February 2024).

Together with hosts Christian Rossler and Andrew Keith Walker, we explore the significant economic impacts of these developments and look at year-end 2023, focusing on the rapidly expanding cleared repo market and the un-cleared triparty repo market.

Additionally, we round off 2023 with some money market predictions for 2024 and the upcoming changes in the ECB operational framework. Lastly, we wish all our listeners a good holiday season and, if you celebrate it, a Merry Christmas.

In 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 maturity of the final tranche of TLTROs in 2024 and our special expertise in handling US Treasury Bonds and access to the Federal Reserve. Plus, we look forward to conditions in 2024, considering the potential impacts of T+1, CSDR and settlement services for ETFs... and more.

In 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, tokenisation and the future of digital assets. Don’t miss this feature-length, in-depth analysis of the current state of play for global markets - plus we wish the Eurobond and the Aston Martin DB5 a happy 60th birthday.

In 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 platform.

But that’s not all – the conversation also focuses on the future of collateral management in Canada. As the emergence of digital tools, tokenisation and blockchain solutions is reshaping the financial industry globally, our guests provide valuable insights into how Canadian market participants can leverage these developments. They also dive into the Canadian ESG sector and its green bond initiatives.

Welcome 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 across the Eurozone to access triparty collateral management and the European Central Bank (ECB). Join Michael Carignano Head of Market Innovation at VERMEG and Jean-Robert Wilkin, Senior Advisor at Clearstream, plus regular hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler for this lively chat about the impact of ECMS on the Eurosystem, and the upcoming Clearstream ECMS Roadshow.