Securities Finance Times

What Securities Finance Times does

Securities Finance Times is a privately held B2B media business operated by Black Knight Media Ltd, a private limited company registered in England and headquartered in Beckenham/Sydenham, United Kingdom. Founded in 2010 and operating with 1-10 employees, the company produces specialized news, analysis, and multimedia content covering the global securities finance industry — including securities lending, repo, derivatives, ESG, technology, regulation, and related adjacent sectors. Its content surface spans a daily news website, a digital magazine with archived back issues, multiple podcast series, video content, an online service-provider directory, three regional symposiums (Dubai, Boston, London), and an annual Industry Excellence Awards programme. Operating geographies span EMEA, the Americas, and APAC/Middle East, and the firm also publishes sister titles Asset Servicing Times and The Digital Assets Edge, extending coverage into adjacent financial-services verticals.

The underlying technology is a digital publishing platform with multimedia capabilities supporting web, RSS, email newsletters, podcasts, and video. There is no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, no public API, and no third-party integrations disclosed. Revenue is generated through three streams: B2B subscriptions (offering both free and paid tiers to securities finance professionals), display advertising in the website and magazine from financial-services advertisers, and a professional-services stream from symposium ticket revenue, awards sponsorships, and related event monetization. The go-to-market is sales-led and horizontal across the securities finance industry, targeting professionals in securities lending, repo markets, derivatives, prime brokerage, collateral management, asset management, and financial-technology provision.

Ownership is concentrated — wholly owned by founders/operators under the Black Knight Media Ltd legal entity, with no external investment, private equity backing, or parent company disclosed. The company has remained continuously operating across 2010-2026, with recent news output extending into June 2026, indicating an active going concern despite its small headcount footprint.

Name

Securities Finance Times

Legal name

Black Knight Media Ltd

Website

https://securitiesfinancetimes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Securities Finance Times is a privately held UK-based B2B media company publishing global news, analysis, podcasts, and events covering securities lending, repo, derivatives, ESG, and related financial-services topics for industry professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Trade Media

akta.pro primary industry

Business & Financial News Channels (MPABAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finance & Investment Conferences (MPAGAGAG), Securities Lending & Borrowing Operations (FSAFALAE), Securities Borrowing & Lending (Equities/Bonds) (FSACAIAC)

Keywords

• Trade news publishing
• Financial media subscriptions
• Securities lending coverage
• Industry events hosting
• B2B trade journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: B2B subscription model providing access to securities finance news, features, interviews, magazine content, and data features. The company offers both free and paid subscription tiers.
2. Advertising: Display advertising on website and in magazine publications from financial services companies
3. Events and Symposiums: Revenue from symposiums held in Dubai, Boston, and London, as well as industry awards events

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Securities Finance Times is a B2B trade media brand that publishes daily news, in-depth features, executive interviews and a print/digital magazine covering the global securities finance industry (securities lending, repo, derivatives, ESG collateral and regulation). It complements its editorial output with a podcast series, an online directory of securities finance service providers, and a calendar of branded industry symposiums and the Industry Excellence Awards held in Dubai, Boston and London.

Product overview

Securities Finance Times is a B2B media company offering a unified content platform for the global securities finance industry. The core offering consists of a news website providing daily coverage of securities lending, repo, derivatives, ESG, regulation, and technology, complemented by a digital magazine with archived issues, podcast series covering industry insights, annual symposiums in Dubai/Boston/London, industry awards programmes, and a service provider directory. These products collectively serve industry professionals seeking news, analysis, networking, and market intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Securities Finance Symposium: Industry events held in Dubai, Boston, and London focused on securities finance topics
• Industry Excellence Awards
• Acadia
• Word on the (Clear) Street
• eSecLending Insights

Products and services

• Securities Finance Times news website

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Financial Times: The Financial Times is a broad incumbent financial news outlet that overlaps with SFT's audience and competes for institutional readers and financial-services ad budgets, but covers securities finance only as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Bloomberg: Bloomberg is a broad incumbent in financial news, data and media that competes with SFT for both reader attention and financial-services advertising share, but its securities-finance coverage is one of many verticals.

Direct peers

• GlobalCapital: GlobalCapital is a specialist B2B bond and capital-markets news and events brand serving institutional subscribers, directly comparable to SFT in serving securities-finance-adjacent professionals with subscription news, features and awards.
• Risk.net: Risk.net covers risk management, derivatives and securities finance for institutional audiences via subscription content, events and awards, making it a directly comparable trade-media peer to SFT in subject matter and monetization model.
• The TRADE (A-Team Group): A-Team Group publishes The TRADE, a B2B media brand covering trading, securities finance, and post-trade topics with events and awards — a closely aligned peer in audience, product mix (news + events) and vertical focus.
• WatersTechnology: WatersTechnology is a long-running B2B media brand covering trading technology, market data and capital-markets infrastructure — overlapping with SFT's technology and regulation coverage and sharing the same institutional, events-driven media model.
• Global Investor Group (ISF): Global Investor Group covers securities services including lending, custody and fund administration — a directly comparable subscription- and events-led B2B media brand serving many of the same buy- and sell-side professionals as SFT.

Emerging players

• Hedgeweek: Hedgeweek is a B2B media outlet serving the hedge fund industry with news, events and awards; it overlaps with SFT's institutional audience and events-led model, though its focus is alternatives rather than securities finance specifically.
• Clear Street: Clear Street is an emerging prime brokerage and post-trade infrastructure provider that co-produces the 'Word on the (Clear) Street' podcast with SFT, illustrating an emerging player within SFT's coverage universe that engages the same institutional audience.
• eSecLending: eSecLending is a securities-lending agent that already produces a podcast in partnership with SFT ('eSecLending Insights'); it represents an adjacent industry participant with content ties to SFT's audience and ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SecFinTimes
• YouTubesecuritiesfinancetimes.com/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/securities.lendingtimes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/securities-finance-times

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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