EquiLend University, the global training programme of EquiLend, will be run in partnership with Finadium in North America and FinTuition in EMEA and Asia.
Finadium is a research and consulting firm focused on securities finance and asset servicing. The firm publishes an independent research report series highlighting securities lending, repo and collateral management for EquiLend University.
FinTuition is an international training company based in London that specialises in securities finance business including, securities lending, equity finance, hedge funds, prime brokerage, repo and collateral management.
Brian Lamb, CEO of EquiLend, said: “As our use base continues to grow, it is necessary to expand our global training programme for our platform by partnering with Finadium and FinTuition.”
“The partnerships will allow us to deliver an even more robust training programme that will include an integral certification component. This qualification will provide an industry standard of measuring the caliber of one’s EquiLend expertise.”
Josh Galper, managing principal of Finadium, commented: “EquiLend University is an opportunity for EquiLend, BondLend and DataLend users to solidify their expertise and gain credentials that are recognised in the securities finance business.”
Roy Zimmerhansl, owner of FinTuition, said: “It has been a pleasure to work with EquiLend in developing this course, and we have been very please with the support we have had in this project from the EquiLend team and many of their major clients.”
