UBS Collateral Business Initiatives
In this section we describe the key parts of the collateral business at UBS and underline the initiatives and reasons we have been so successful in the repo market.
Market share surveys
Wider Product Scope
- Fixed Income Prime Brokerage
- International Triparty
- Develop Structured repo
- Expand term repo activity
- Extend focus for Collateral Swaps
- Extend collateral financing
Pool Lending
- Increases the size of the exclusive access to client assets by 10% by increasing the penetration within UBS Group and by in-sourcing positions from smaller banks (white labelling)
- Contributes to funding security and is a key source of assets for short-covering of fixed income trading positions
- Increases utilisation of this pool by increasing the distribution capability
- Completes the implementation of Clearstream Triparty, which enables UBS to lend and borrow cash on a collateralised basis
Emerging Markets
- Alignment of Emerging Market activities with UBS fixed income and foreign exchange business area
- International and domestic market growth
- Extensive fixed income client relationships
Infrastructure and Client Connectivity
- Global repo real time trading infrastructure
- Client connectivity initiatives
Short Duration Sales Opportunities
- Dedicated SDS team to service all repo and short term fixed income product needs for clients on a global basis