The Global Investor Securities Finance Americas Guide 2017 is available to download now. 

The guide features chapters on each of the components of securities finance, from beneficial owners and agent lenders to prime brokers and hedge funds. It also contains chapters dedicated to technology, regulation and synthetic alternatives to lending.

The guide also profiles all of the significant securities finance markets in the Americas and contains a directory of leading market participants and vendors.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERS Total securities lending revenues were very high last year but beneficial owners are needing to work harder to secure the rewards. Andrew Neil investigates

HEDGE FUNDS Hedge funds can maintain profitable relationships with their prime brokers, says Andrew Neil, as long as they recognise the regulatory pressures on investment banks

AGENT LENDERS Oversupply in the US securities lending market is putting pressure on fees, says Ceri Jones, but beneficial owners still have plenty of ways of boosting programme returns

SYNTHETIC FINANCE The increasing accessibility of synthetic products means they are gaining favour with alternative and institutional investors. Dan Barnes reports

PRIME BROKERS Prime broker business models have been hit hard by regulation, says Ceri Jones, but the pressure may be starting to wane and some measures may even be reversed

TECHNOLOGY The pace of technological development is expected to accelerate to ease the integration of securities finance functions and help participants meet regulatory demands. Andrew Neil explores how vendors are shaping solutions

REGULATION Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partners Marion G Barish, Roger P Joseph and Edwin E Smith set out the regulatory changes affecting securities finance

COMPLIANCE Ed Blount, executive director of CSFME, discusses efficient ways to meet regulatory demands in post-crisis securities finance

COUNTRY PROFILES A guide to the major securities finance markets in the Americas

• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Peru
• United States

DIRECTORY Americas market participant contact details from the Global Investor global directory of securities lending & repo 2017, sponsored by HSBC

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