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John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
executive vice president & general manager, Loanet
capital markets and investment banking
603-898-1002
john.grimaldi@sungard.com

John Grimaldi is executive vice president and general manager for the Loanet solution in SunGard’s capital markets and investment banking business. Mr Grimaldi has 25 years of experience in securities lending and brokerage operations. Prior to its acquisition by SunGard in 2001, Mr. Grimaldi held a number of senior management positions at Loanet, Inc., where he was responsible for client services, operations and strategic initiatives.

Context

John Grimaldi has successfully led SunGard’s Loanet business unit through a number of key initiatives, including agency lending disclosure of principle (ALDoP) regulatory requirements and automated recall management (ARMS). He has also been instrumental in the development and expansion of SunGard’s securities lending order management system (LCOR), Loanet’s securities lending trading and inventory management system (Smart Loan) and the Loanet Sigma Series (Smart Seg and Regulatory Allocation) compliance suite.

Commentary

End-to-end solutions are becoming more important in securities finance, driven by a growing interest in order networks and electronic markets, as well as a need for greater transparency and new methods for price discovery. This trend is balanced with the practicalities of mixed general collateral and special trading books, credit risk controls and exclusives management.

Agency Lending Disclosure of Principal (ALDoP) services for processing principal lender and counterparty information between agent lender and broker-dealer borrowers continues to be an important industry-wide initiative in the US. It will help to increase transparency in agency securities lending.