This area provides products and services to RMA member institutions involved in agent lending functions within the securities lending industry. Activities include several roundtable peer-sharing events, four major conferences, and three industry training programs. Activities are sponsored and developed by the RMA Committee on Securities Lending.

The committee is composed of individuals from agent lending institutions who serve for a period of two years. The committee also maintains an active dialogue with other associations and regulatory bodies on securities lending issues, laws, and industry best practices.

If you have comments or questions about securities lending, please contact Christopher Kunkle, director, Securities Lending & Market Risk, RMA at ckunkle@rmahq.org.

For securities lending events or registration, please e-mail Kimberly Gordon at kgordon@rmahq.org; for conference sponsorship, e-mail Loretta Spingler at lspingler@rmahq.org; for conference exhibiting, e-mail Fran Garritt at fgarritt@rmahq.org.  

Dates and locations of future RMA Securities Lending Conferences:

27th Annual RMA Conference on Securities Lending

• October 11–14, 2010
  Boca Raton Resort & Club
  Boca Raton, FL 

28th Annual RMA Conference on Securities Lending

• October 10–13 2011
  The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
  Naples, FL 

8th Annual PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending 

• 1-3 March 2011
  The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
  Singapore

Please note: The dates and locations for future conferences are provided for your information only. Hotel group reservations will not be available at any hotel before RMA's official release date.

Upcoming RMA Securities Lending Events: 

• October 22, 2010
  Goldman Sachs
  New York, NY

RMA's Securities Lending 301: Understanding Collateral Management and its Risks 

• December 8, 2010
  Citi
  New York, NY

3rd Annual RMA-UNC Academic Forum for Securities Lending Research

• April 29, 2011
  Credit Suisse
  New York, NY

Counterparty Risk Management and Contral:Best Practices and its Risks 

• October 19-20, 2010
  New York, NY

Sovereign Risk: Evaluating Country Risk  

• October 21, 2010
  New York, NY

Past Conference Summaries and Presentations:

• 2009 RMA Conference on Securities Lending Summary and Presentations
• 2009 ISLA/RMA Conference on International Securities Lending Summary and Presentations
• 2nd Annual RMA-UNC Academic Forum for Securities Lending Research
• 2010 PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending Summary and Presentations

Industry update:

• Joint SIFMA/RMA Comment Letter to SEC on the concept of a Securities Lending Exchange and Central Counterparty. (PDF)