Securities Finance Industry Trends
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Technology, Continuous improvement, and Innovation
February 2022
The financial services industry maintained high standards of risk management and service delivery in 2021, providing an optimistic light at the end of the tunnel. This past year saw prominent themes such as the challenges of adapting to new regulations, evolving technologies and the push for further integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
I was pleased to share my remarks for Securities Finance Times’ latest article, “A time of reflection,” featuring various firms within the securities lending and finance market speaking on their priorities and hopes for 2022.
Technology innovation and process standardization will play a large role in driving greater efficiency within the securities finance industry. The remote pandemic-driven environment has accelerated long-term trends of digitization, remote working and the streamlining of operating models as organizations focus tightly on the areas where they can most deliver core value to clients.
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Rob Ferguson
Chief Capital Markets Officer, CIBC Mellon
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CIBC Mellon is a Canadian company exclusively focused on the investment servicing needs of Canadian institutional investors and international institutional investors into Canada. Founded in 1996, CIBC Mellon is 50-50 jointly owned by The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). CIBC Mellon's investment servicing solutions for institutions and corporations are provided in close collaboration with our parent companies, and include custody, multicurrency accounting, fund administration, recordkeeping, pension services, exchange-traded fund services, securities lending services, foreign exchange processing and settlement, and treasury services.
As at September 30, 2024, CIBC Mellon had more than C$2.9 trillion of assets under administration on behalf of banks, pension funds, investment funds, corporations, governments, insurance companies, foreign insurance trusts, foundations and global financial institutions whose clients invest in Canada. CIBC Mellon is part of the BNY network, which as at September 30, 2024 had US$52.1 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration. CIBC Mellon is a licensed user of the CIBC trade-mark and certain BNY trade-marks, and is the corporate brand of CIBC Mellon Trust Company.
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