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Securities Lending: Back to Business? Not so fast!

Jun 22, 20217 min read

Securities Lending: Back to Business? Not so fast!

A big proportion of that work will affect securities finance with both obvious and less obvious topics on the SEC Agency Rule List.

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May the securities lending retail force be with you

Roy Zimmerhansl

Jun 8, 20215 min read

May the securities lending retail force be with you

Here comes the Leeroy Jenkins of securities finance in the form of Charles Schwab that posted $204mm in revenue! That is tremendous!

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Securities Lending – Hedge Funds reach records and Korea returns

Roy Zimmerhansl

May 4, 20216 min read

Securities Lending – Hedge Funds reach records and Korea returns

From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial I am going to look at two linked issues that will affect the...

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Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 10 First look back!

Roy Zimmerhansl

Dec 15, 20205 min read

Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 10 First look back!

The t0th episode of (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions, I look back at some stocks from previous blogs & what's happened since.

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Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 9 Bombardier Inc.

Roy Zimmerhansl

Nov 24, 20204 min read

Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 9 Bombardier Inc.

I look at the Canadian business jets and public transport vehicle producer Bombardier which is under investigation and short selling target

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Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 8 GSX Techedu Inc.

Roy Zimmerhansl

Nov 3, 20203 min read

Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 8 GSX Techedu Inc.

The Chinese online education company called GSX Techedu, reason for this choice is that WSJ dubbed this as one of this year's worst shorts

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Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 7 GameStop Corp

Roy Zimmerhansl

Oct 20, 20204 min read

Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 7 GameStop Corp

(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions, we comment on stocks (Gamestop) that are in ’play‘ in the securities finance world.

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(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Episode 5: Nikola Corporation

Roy Zimmerhansl

Sep 22, 20204 min read

(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Episode 5: Nikola Corporation

This episode delves deeper into a recent IPO on the NASDAQ, the zero-emission vehicle company Nikola Corporation.

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(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 4: Carillion Plc

Roy Zimmerhansl

Sep 8, 20204 min read

(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 4: Carillion Plc

one of the most significant default situations in the United Kingdom: Carillion Plc. What happened? Who was to blame?

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On the Ethical Implications of Short Selling

Roy Zimmerhansl

Aug 25, 20206 min read

On the Ethical Implications of Short Selling

the allegations levied at Wirecard were accurate, and it is the German federal financial authority, rather than the Financial Times

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(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Part 3: Citigroup

Roy Zimmerhansl

Aug 18, 20204 min read

(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Part 3: Citigroup

Now the focus is on one of the biggest revenue generators in securities lending for a long time if not ever: Citigroup

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(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 2: Volkswagen - Porsche

Roy Zimmerhansl

Aug 4, 20206 min read

(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 2: Volkswagen - Porsche

Amongst all this, the mother of all short squeezes occurred in Germany – Volkswagen preference shares, but before I give you the details of

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Roy Zimmerhansl

Jul 28, 20206 min read

Securities lending is not oversupplied

The improved application of existing and future technologies will restore the supply/demand imbalance that appears to exist today

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Securities Lending: 5 things lenders should do to prepare for another crash

Roy Zimmerhansl

Jul 7, 20206 min read

Securities Lending: 5 things lenders should do to prepare for another crash

From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting Over the past three months, we have seen a significant...

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Roy Zimmerhansl

Apr 28, 20205 min read

Securities Lending: The First Forty

Roy Zimmerhansl marks 40 years sharing surprises, disappointment, and optimisim. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.

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Roy Zimmerhansl

Apr 7, 20206 min read

Short Selling Bans work – Discuss

Roy Zimmerhansl considers whether short selling bans are anything more than optics for regulators that implement them

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Roy Zimmerhansl

Mar 3, 20206 min read

State of the Securities Lending Market

I was planning on doing a review of the latest Market Report that ISLA has been producing on a semi-annual basis for the past six years.

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