GPFA adds Canadian pension giant OMERS as latest member
OMERS, which manages around $114 billion of assets, has become the seventh Canadian beneficial owner firm to join the buy-side organisation.
Tag: peer-to-peer
AXA Investment Managers joins global peer-to-peer financing association as newest member
With a lendable asset base of more than €250 billion, AXA IM is the second European beneficial owner to join the GPFA.
State Street expands buy-side peer-to-peer trading suite with new repo solution
The new capability is the next step in State Street’s goal to encourage buy-side clients sto participate in peer-to-peer trading activities in the securities finance market.
Securities Finance
Fireside Friday with … BBH’s Thomas Poppey and Marney McCabe
In the first of a new Friday Q&A segment, GC spoke to BBH's global co-heads of securities lending Thomas Poppey and Marney McCabe on asset manager lending strategies for 2021, the rise of peer-to-peer trading, and how technology is shaping new services.
NBIM joins GPFA as first European beneficial owner member
The addition of NBIM continues GPFA’s impressive streak of signing up some of the world’s largest asset owners as member firms.
Peer power
Earlier this year four of North America’s largest pension funds set up a new association aimed at encouraging beneficial owners to take up peer-to-peer securities lending activities. Joe Parsons asks whether it is finally time for peer-to-peer trading to take off.
Peer-to-peer securities lending association adds asset owners giants as new members
The new members include CalSTRS, AustralianSuper, and Thrivent Financial, as the new trade body aims to promote peer-to-peer lending among a wider range of firms.
North American pension fund giants set up new association to encourage peer-to-peer securities lending
The associations aims to create a more efficient and actionable way to encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets for the benefit of asset owners.
Global custodians advance peer-to-peer initiatives for securities lending
The peer-to-peer model appears to have turned a corner as global custodians rollout a number of initiatives to encourage end-users to transition.
State Street launches peer-to-peer securities lending platform
The platform could serve as a significant boost to State Street’s position as an alternative to the bulge-bracket prime brokers in the securities lending market.