Vision

It is our belief that the Securities Finance and Collateral Management Market is moving away from a vertical business area focused approach to a more horizontal position focused view.
There will be a convergence of Securities Lending and Repo to «Collateral Trading» (General Collateral or «GC» trading) and «Specials Trading and Structured Securities Finance». Depending on the business and organisational model of the institution, this may not necessarily mean an organisational merger of the different business areas. However, it will at least create integrated processes supported by an integrated IT-architecture.

In the liquidity and short-term funding process of banks, the unsecured interbank money market will only play a minor role, and will be almost completely replaced by the Repo market. Further growth of the OTC derivative markets, new central counterparty models and a general need to mitigate counterparty risk by applying collateral management techniques will further increase the need for collateral. Consequently, Securities Finance and Collateral Management will be a core function for most financial institutions.

The following picture gives an overview of the future business model, showing the interaction between collateral management as a central function on the one hand and the trading units, treasury and other collateral users on the other hand. Settlement, risk control and accounting are centralised functions, supporting the area of Securities Finance and Collateral Market.