John’s Corner

Wed, 05/12/2012

John Gubert on the brave new world of CCPs

Interoperability is often seen as the mantra of smaller CCPs, whose aim is to target flows from the major ones.

Mon, 01/10/2012

To guarantee or not to guarantee: John Gubert on the role of custodians

In the brave new world of AIFMD and UCITS V, custodians become guarantors. If we look at history, this is less scary than it sounds.

Tue, 04/09/2012

John Gubert on investor activism in emerging markets

For many years investor activism had a bad name. Over the last decades the term has been applied positively to the benchmarks for corporate morality

Thu, 02/08/2012

John Gubert on conectivity models

At our recent Target 2 for Securities workshops, most clients appeared to prefer indirect connectivity to the planned new platform.

Mon, 09/07/2012

John Gubert on the value of surveys

Most industry custody surveys appear to generate as much heat as they generate light. The ratings are critiqued by the suppliers who see anything other than perfection as a major attack on their true worth. They are also disliked by certain buyers who feel they do not capture all the true drivers for custodian selection.