ISITC EUROPE CIC/CISI – Live Webcasts Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? 9th September – 14:00 -15:00 ‘Working From Home’ exposes the security landscape of your organisation: In this session, we will talk about how COVID-19 has proven to be a huge opportunity for cyber criminals. Join us to learn about the cyber threats […]
By Roy Zimmerhansl At its most basic level, Stock Borrowing is the temporary transfer of an asset from an owner to a borrower in return for a fee, with risk managed through the provision of collateral and governed by standard industry documentation. Borrowing stock for the purpose of satisfying settlement obligations occurs in over 40 […]
Live Webcast – Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? Wednesday 9th September – 14:00 -15:00 (UK BST) Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? “Working From Home” exposes the security landscape of your organisation: In this session we will talk about how COVID-19 has proven to be a huge opportunity for cyber criminals. Join […]
There is no doubt that the creation of Blockchain/DLT and relevant technologies has brought forth many multiple levels of opportunity for future innovations in the financial markets. Based on its consensus-based and trustless nature, we have seen the seen the evolvement of first generation Bitcoin and its underlying payment system via an elegant DLT structure […]
Why most Institutional Investors still don’t Lend By Roy Zimmerhansl Why most Institutional Investors don’t lend! At first glance, the €21 trillion of securities available for loan at the end of 2019 seems a large figure and indeed it is. However, by various estimates, the total amount of institutionally managed assets was above €60 trillion […]
When fully implemented, it could be argued that Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) will have had the biggest impact on the post-trade life cycle. HSBC have prepared a guide for asset owners and managers explaining why, how and what CSDR is about, focusing particularly on settlement efficiency, to help navigate the impact of CSDR implementation. The […]
WEBINAR | Date: 29-July-2020 | Time: 12-1pm Building Business Resiliency with Intelligent Automation An ISITC EUROPE/CISI lunchtime learning and discussion webinar The recent pandemic has caused disruptions in businesses across the world. Capital market firms have faced a spike in transaction volume, data to be captured and analysed, and an increased need for customer communications and […]
Tuesday 14th July, 3.00pm – 4.00pm An ISITC EUROPE / CISI professional learning and discussion webinar About The ability of cyber threats to compromise information systems is an ongoing danger to all organisations, however an emerging threat presents a new challenge, cyber-attacks that may cause physical harm to systems with the potential to kill the […]
Cloud enables innovation but adoption in Capital Markets remains low – why? ISITC EUROPE organised a workshop on the 10th March, kindly hosted by the CISI The panel of experts included Cloudsoft and AFME, who explore this topic. A preview of the video can be found on the Cloud Standards Forum and a report written […]
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to impact society, in particular causing major disruption in our children’s education, parents are having to step up and take over up the role of teacher whilst we are in isolation. ISITC EUROPE CIC is pleased to announce that it is now able to offer a discounted online learning package* […]