About the Author

This report was compiled by Richard Comotto, who is Senior Consultant to the ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council. He is also author of the ICMA’s ‘Guide to Best Practice in the European Repo Market’ and its Repo FAQs, Course Director of the ICMA Professional Repo Market and Collateral Management Course and of the ICMA-ISLA GMRA-GMSLA Workshop and author of the ICMA SFTR Task Force’s Reporting Recommendations and the ICMA CSDR Cash Penalty Best Practice Recommendations and FAQs. Richard also provides technical assistance on behalf of ICMA, IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other organizations to developing repo markets around the world.