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Peer Connections

Global Peer Financing Association

27 episodes

3 months ago

The Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) is a non-profit group consisting of global beneficial owners actively engaged in the securities financing industry who share a goal to promote a more efficient and actionable way to increase and support peer-to-peer trading activity. GPFA's Peer Connections podcast series highlights beneficial owner members telling their stories of how their organizations approach securities lending and repo. The episodes support the group's goal of sharing insights, best practices and true transparency about securities lending. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/68366341/ For more information, check out our website: Global Peer Securities Financing Association (globalpeerfinancingassociation.org)

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The Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) is a non-profit group consisting of global beneficial owners actively engaged in the securities financing industry who share a goal to promote a more efficient and actionable way to increase and support peer-to-peer trading activity. GPFA's Peer Connections podcast series highlights beneficial owner members telling their stories of how their organizations approach securities lending and repo. The episodes support the group's goal of sharing insights, best practices and true transparency about securities lending. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/68366341/ For more information, check out our website: Global Peer Securities Financing Association (globalpeerfinancingassociation.org)

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Episodes (20/27)

Peer Connections

Intro to Private Credit

GPFA's Private Credit discussion group is sharing their introduction session, which featured Jason Pearlstein from HOOPP, Lisa Mantello and Elizabeth Mpermperacis from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, and Kristian Altier, from CalSTRS. The panel explored the basics of Private Credit and why it's growing in popularity.

4 months ago

23 minutes

Peer Connections

The Retail Securities Revolution

Ahead of the ISLA Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference, Keren Halperin, Deputy CEO and Chief of Staff at Sharegain, joins Matt Brunette, Global Head of Financing at Norges Bank Investment Management, and Brooke Gillman for a deep dive into the evolving world of retail securities lending. As accessibility continues to expand and adoption grows, their conversation explores key lessons for lenders, the latest developments shaping the space, and the crucial role of technology and education in driving progress.

4 months ago

30 minutes

Peer Connections

Unlocking Digital Assets in Securities Finance

As the ISLA Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference approaches, Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, joins Matt Brunette, Global Head of Financing at Norges Bank Investment Management, and Brooke Gillman for an insightful discussion on digital assets. Together, they examine the strategic impact of digital assets within securities finance, their potential benefits for beneficial owners and the broader market, and their transformative role in enhancing financing efficiency.

5 months ago

32 minutes

Peer Connections

Preparing for ISLA

As ISLA has partnered with GPFA to engage more beneficial owners, Matt Brunette of Norges Bank Investment Management and active GPFA member is joined by Ina Budh-Raja of Bank of New York Mellon and Chair of the ISLA Board of Directors, and Andy Dyson, CEO of ISLA, to discuss the upcoming 2024 ISLA Conference. They talk about the panels they're most looking forward to and the positive impact when various players in the value chain gather to look to the future, discuss common challenges and create solutions together.

1 year ago

18 minutes

Peer Connections

Looking Ahead to CASLA

Chris Benish is joined by Mary Jane Schuessler, Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets and President of the CASLA board, to discuss the upcoming 2024 CASLA Conference, the history and evolution of the association, agenda items to look forward to and some advice for those visiting Toronto.

1 year ago

12 minutes

Peer Connections

Evolution of Insourcing: Understanding the Different Models

Matt Brunette of Norges Bank, Jerry May of OPERS and Michael Stamm of SWIB join Brooke Gillman to discuss the reasons each approach insourcing securities finance in different ways, from hybrid trading, to control over cash management, to owning risk or to managed agent models. No matter the route, each beneficial owner has evolved to meet their organization's needs while understanding their relative skill sets, resources, and operational capacities.

1 year ago

40 minutes

Peer Connections

The Northwestern Mutual Model

Chris Benish speaks with some of the newest GPFA members, Brian Yeazel and Kris Breitzman of Northwestern Mutual, about their approach to securities lending, repo, and cash collateral reinvestment and finds out what drove them to join GPFA.

2 years ago

15 minutes

Peer Connections

Indemnification can no longer be ignored, the conversation continues

Following the first GPFA podcast on indemnification, Matt Brunette from NBIM, Chris Benish from SWIB and Jerry May from OPERS continue the conversation comparing their views on how the cost of indemnification may impact the global beneficial owner community as well as the broader market. Read Mark Faulkner's paper here: http://globalpeerfinancingassociation.org/s/Something-Better-Change-13622-Credit-Benchmark.pdf

2 years ago

25 minutes

Peer Connections

Something has started changing: the cost of securities lending indemnification can no longer be ignored

Matt Brunette from Norges Bank Investment Management and Mark Faulkner from Credit Benchmark discuss how regulatory capital constraints are impacting the market and how agent banks are starting to respond with real change to the way they do business and what may happen next Read Mark's paper here: http://globalpeerfinancingassociation.org/s/Something-Better-Change-13622-Credit-Benchmark.pdf

2 years ago

28 minutes

Peer Connections

The Pending Impact of Global Banking Regulations on the Buyside

GPFA speaks with Thomas Aubrey to understand the impacts banking regulations will have on buy-side participants in the securities finance market View Thomas' paper entitled ‘EU capital rules to increase buyside trading costs' here: https://www.creditbenchmark.com/eu-capital-rules-to-increase-buyside-trading-costs/

3 years ago

20 minutes

Peer Connections

Total Fund Asset Allocation to Maximize Sharpe Ratio

Digging into the research, HOOP and SWIB presented their separate published papers on how to construct a better beta portfolio

3 years ago

35 minutes

Peer Connections

Bridging the Gap between Strategic Allocation and Investment Risk

GPFA talks to Jacky Lee of HOOPP and Redouane Elkamhi of the Rotman School of Management about their research work and published paper titled “Bridging the Gap between Strategic Allocation and Investment Risk"

3 years ago

24 minutes

Peer Connections

Institutional Investors Matter in ESG Investing

Lisa Mantello from Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP led a renowned group of global experts in ESG investing through an interactive debate on the developments affecting ESG and financing today. Gordon L. Clark, from Oxford University, Timothy Hughes and Michael Innes from Osler and Oly Moir and Azadeh Nassiri from Slaughter and May joined the discussion with GPFA's global buyside member community.

4 years ago

48 minutes

Peer Connections

The AustralianSuper Model

Joris Hillmann, Michael Fitzsimmons and Shireen Silva discuss how AustralianSuper has evolved their securities lending program and what their build out plans are for the coming years as they focus on revenue, risk, collateral optimization and operational efficiencies on a global basis.

4 years ago

17 minutes

Peer Connections

LIBOR is going away. Let’s talk transition.

Jerry May from OhioPERS and Lisa Mantello from the law firm Osler break down the facts and discuss what should be considered as part of the transition.

4 years ago

19 minutes

Peer Connections

Securities lending and tail risk

Matt Brunette from NBIM joins us again to explain how risk modeling and analysis drives decision-making in their securities lending program

4 years ago

23 minutes

Peer Connections

Matt Brunette walks us through the building blocks of the Norges Bank Investment Management securities lending program and how they slowly evolved by understanding risk, market demand and optimizing resources.

4 years ago

26 minutes

Peer Connections

The Genesis of GPFA

Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) founding members Rob Goobie (HOOPP) and Dan Kiefer (CalPERS) along with GPFA sponsor Lisa Mantello (Osler, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP) speak with moderator Charles Quintal at the CAiP Vitual Conference in December 2020 about how the association was formed and the future goals of the GPFA.

4 years ago

33 minutes

Peer Connections

Looking forward - GPFA's focus for 2021

After a successful first 6 months of membership growth, GPFA looks to strengthen the community of beneficial owners knowing that they are Better Together with a collective voice and the ability to rely upon each other for best practices and experience.

4 years ago

12 minutes

Peer Connections

Legal speak: Securities lending and repo 101

Debbie Caruso from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) chats with Lisa Mantello from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto about how securities lending and repo documents work when dealing with various counterparts.

4 years ago

14 minutes