Peer Connections

Peer Connections

Global Peer Financing Association

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (8)
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

The Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) is a non-profit group consisting of global beneficial owners actively engaged in the securities financing industry who share a goal to promote a more efficient and actionable way to increase and support peer-to-peer trading activity. GPFA's Peer Connections podcast series highlights beneficial owner members telling their stories of how their organizations approach securities lending and repo. The episodes support the group's goal of sharing insights, best practices and true transparency about securities lending.

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Recent Episodes

Celebrating Five Years of Peer Collaboration

Mar 05, 2026

GPFA Board Members Chris Benish (SWIB), Rob Goobie (HOOPP), Mike Johnson (CalPERS), and Jerry May (OPERS) sit down to celebrate the association's fifth anniversary and reflect on its evolution from…

Asset Management Insights from VRS

Nov 18, 2025 21m

Chris Benish is joined by Brock Bell from the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) to discuss VRS's asset allocation and their unique approach to leveraging. The conversation delves into various…

Intro to Private Credit

Jun 24, 2025 23m

GPFA's Private Credit discussion group is sharing their introduction session, which featured Jason Pearlstein from HOOPP, Lisa Mantello and Elizabeth Mpermperacis from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt…

The Retail Securities Revolution

Jun 11, 2025 30m

Ahead of the ISLA Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference, Keren Halperin, Deputy CEO and Chief of Staff at Sharegain, joins Matt Brunette, Global Head of Financing at Norges…

Unlocking Digital Assets in Securities Finance

Jun 04, 2025 32m

As the ISLA Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference approaches, Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, joins Matt Brunette, Global Head of…

Preparing for ISLA

Jun 06, 2024 18m

As ISLA has partnered with GPFA to engage more beneficial owners, Matt Brunette of Norges Bank Investment Management and active GPFA member is joined by Ina Budh-Raja of Bank of New York Mellon and…

Looking Ahead to CASLA

May 22, 2024 12m

Chris Benish is joined by Mary Jane Schuessler, Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets and President of the CASLA board, to discuss the upcoming 2024 CASLA Conference, the history and evolution of…

Evolution of Insourcing: Understanding the Different Models

Apr 03, 2024 40m

Matt Brunette of Norges Bank, Jerry May of OPERS and Michael Stamm of SWIB join Brooke Gillman to discuss the reasons each approach insourcing securities finance in different ways, from hybrid…

The Northwestern Mutual Model

Feb 09, 2023 15m

Chris Benish speaks with some of the newest GPFA members, Brian Yeazel and Kris Breitzman of Northwestern Mutual, about their approach to securities lending, repo, and cash collateral reinvestment…

Indemnification can no longer be ignored, the conversation continues

Jan 19, 2023 25m

Following the first GPFA podcast on indemnification, Matt Brunette from NBIM, Chris Benish from SWIB and Jerry May from OPERS continue the conversation comparing their views on how the cost of…

Something has started changing: the cost of securities lending indemnification can no longer be ignored

Dec 19, 2022 28m

Matt Brunette from Norges Bank Investment Management and Mark Faulkner from Credit Benchmark discuss how regulatory capital constraints are impacting the market and how agent banks are starting to…

The Pending Impact of Global Banking Regulations on the Buyside

Oct 27, 2022 20m

GPFA speaks with Thomas Aubrey to understand the impacts banking regulations will have on buy-side participants in the securities finance market View Thomas' paper entitled ‘EU capital rules to…

Total Fund Asset Allocation to Maximize Sharpe Ratio

Oct 04, 2022 35m

Digging into the research, HOOP and SWIB presented their separate published papers on how to construct a better beta portfolio

Bridging the Gap between Strategic Allocation and Investment Risk

Sep 16, 2022 24m

GPFA talks to Jacky Lee of HOOPP and Redouane Elkamhi of the Rotman School of Management about their research work and published paper titled “Bridging the Gap between Strategic Allocation and…

Institutional Investors Matter in ESG Investing

Sep 30, 2021 48m

Lisa Mantello from Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP led a renowned group of global experts in ESG investing through an interactive debate on the developments affecting ESG and financing today. Gordon…

The AustralianSuper Model

Jun 29, 2021 17m

Joris Hillmann, Michael Fitzsimmons and Shireen Silva discuss how AustralianSuper has evolved their securities lending program and what their build out plans are for the coming years as they focus on…

LIBOR is going away. Let’s talk transition.

Apr 26, 2021 19m

Jerry May from OhioPERS and Lisa Mantello from the law firm Osler break down the facts and discuss what should be considered as part of the transition.

Securities lending and tail risk

Apr 20, 2021 23m

Matt Brunette from NBIM joins us again to explain how risk modeling and analysis drives decision-making in their securities lending program

The NBIM Model

Apr 06, 2021 26m

Matt Brunette walks us through the building blocks of the Norges Bank Investment Management securities lending program and how they slowly evolved by understanding risk, market demand and optimizing…

The Genesis of GPFA

Feb 17, 2021 33m

Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA) founding members Rob Goobie (HOOPP) and Dan Kiefer (CalPERS) along with GPFA sponsor Lisa Mantello (Osler, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP) speak with moderator…

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How many episodes does Peer Connections have?

Peer Connections has published 29 episodes since September 2020, covering topics in Business, Investing.

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Peer Connections is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 21m.

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