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RFP Process and Evaluation for Securities Lending Services

Course overview

If you are selecting a service provider in securities lending you need to be able to design, run and score an RFP. This course will ensure your selection is based on the right criteria and asks the right questions.

Selecting or evaluating the best service provider in this ever changing section of Global Capital Markets has never been more challenging, with the potential to seriously impact the value securities lending brings to an organisation. With new innovations, routes to market, changes to regulations, increasing focus on efficiency and processes, as well as the need for revenue balanced against risk management framework, choosing an service provider that has the best offering for your needs is critical.

This course goes over the steps involved in building an appropriate RFP, the questions to be included, both general and specific for the current business environment, how to effectively evaluate the RFP responses before selecting the Agent Lender for you

After this one day course attendees will:

  • Develop an appropriate RFP for your specific business,
  • Understand the priorities and key areas of your requirements
  • Evaluate RFP responses including understanding performance data

Who should attend

The course is designed for beneficial owners involved in evaluating or selecting an Agent Lender

Typical attendees:

  • Operational leads
  • Compliance teams
  • Project managers/change management

During the day the course will cover

  • Planning & Development of an RFP
  • What questions should be asked of your Agent Lender, standard and specific ‘killer’ questions.
  • Which areas of service needs to be scrutinised
  • Consideration of how to address Environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of your business
  • Probing negative questions, such as financial losses, lost clients, regulatory fines, audit findings, etc
  • Collateral Management analysis including all collateral options, spread of collateral, processes
  • Pricing methodology and examples of existing fee structures
  • Proposed Revenue Guarantee/Fees – Revenue projections and proposed fee split including assumptions
  • Performance  measurement
  • How to evaluate responses

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation charges – training courses

Cancellation charges – training courses

  • 8 – 2 weeks before the course: 100% refund
  • 2 – 1 weeks before the course:  75% refund
  • 1 week to 3 days before the course: 50% refund
  • Less than 48 hours before the course:  no refund

If you are unable to attend the course you are booked on, you may substitute, by prior arrangement and after notifying us, someone else from your organisation.

If you are unable to attend, and cannot or do not wish to give the place to someone in your organisation, we may accept the fee paid as payment towards a place on the same or another course that takes place within 2 months following the original booked event. Bookings can only be transferred once.

Please note that full payment is required for non-attendance on a booking.

If you have any further questions about our cancellation policy then contact us.

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