Insight December 2025 Mike Norwood Monthly Securities Finance Market Review: November 2025 EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his monthly market review for securities finance, highlighting November trends seen across NGT. The following data has been measured and derived from EquiLend NGT. Navigating Volatility and Year-End Positioning November 2025 saw securities lending activity […]
EquiLend’s data, reported in real time, revealed iRobot’s borrow costs spiked 4,700% this month, but traditional short-interest reports won’t show that for weeks.
On December 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting temporary exemptive relief that extends compliance deadlines for securities lending and short position reporting requirements under Rules 10c-1a and 13f-2.
Insight Nov 2025 Vaibhav Garg Shaping Smarter Securities Finance Strategies with EquiLend Real-Time Data Real-time data unlocks faster decision-making, stronger risk management and more profitable trading strategies backed by continuous, real-time data flow. In today’s compressed settlement cycles, volatile markets and regulatory-driven deadlines, access to intraday insights is the only way to capture opportunities and […]
October 2025 saw securities lending activity on EquiLend’s NGT platform rise 6% month-over-month to 3.75 million trades (improving on the monthly high set in September) versus $4.11 trillion, led by an 8% increase in equity volumes and a 3% uptick in fixed income month over month.
EquiLend’s Nancy Allen was invited by The Journal of Securities Operations & Custody to share her insights on how securities finance data is powering smarter trading and investment strategies.
We invited clients to share their thoughts on key industry questions as part of our client conference series, with some interesting data revealed! Our EquiLend Insight article details how direct client feedback and industry trends data like these recent findings has, and will continue to, shape our product roadmap.
Luminar Technologies (LAZR US) investors received a trick and not a treat this Halloween.
A phased rollout in partnership with some of the market’s largest players paves the way for industry-wide efficiency, transparency and scalability.
The retail investing community is at it again as Beyond Meat (BYND US) is the latest meme stock to hit the news.
In an unforeseen move, S&P Global Ratings downgraded the French sovereign credit score from AA- to A+ amidst recent political turmoil in Paris.
On October 15, 2025, F5 Networks disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to certain internal systems.
NGT trading data showed +29% YoY increase in trading volumes for September! These highs take us into an optimistic Q4 with continued global revenue growth. ETFs continue their upward trajectory as momentum returns to securities finance revealing a new appetite for the power of automation.
EquiLend, the global financial technology, data and analytics company for the securities finance industry, today announced that The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”) (NYSE: BK), a global financial services company, and National Bank of Canada (TSE: NA) began executing trades utilizing 1Source’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) to increase efficiency, reduce breaks, and eliminate reconciliations.
After an 80% rally year-to-date, Applovin (APP US) fell 14% on October 6 following S&P 500 inclusion and reports of an SEC probe into its data-collection policies.
The warning signs were there, EquiLend’s Borrow Quantity surged +1,300% between Sept 18–22, rising from 1.4M to 19.35M shares, a clear indication that short sellers were positioning ahead of the selloff.
Following its acquisition of Trading Apps, EquiLend advances its mission to eliminate fragmentation and create a unified trade lifecycle for the securities finance industry.
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his monthly market review for securities finance, analyzing the August downturn, the region showing counter indicators to the summer slowdown and the strength in the market year-over-year.
The global securities finance industry posted strong results in August 2025, generating $1.18 billion in revenue for lenders, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics.
Insight Aug 2025 Vaibhav Garg The Future of Securities Finance: How EquiLend’s AI Assistant Can Redefine Data, Insights & Client Value Securities finance professionals are swimming in oceans of data: short interest signals, lending fees, macro signals, modelling data and often searching across data silos. The real problem is having enough time to turn that […]
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood returns with analysis of securities finance markets in July as tariff policy and inflation bolstered western markets, while trade tensions and currency concerns unsettled eastern markets.
EquiLend, a global fintech leader in securities finance, today introduced a new AI-powered assistant within its Data & Analytics suite, designed to help users interact with securities finance and short interest insights more efficiently.
The global securities finance industry generated $1.24 billion in revenue for lenders in July 2025, according to data from EquiLend Data & Analytics. The figure marks a 47% increase from July 2024 and a 12% increase from June 2025.
A key theme emerging in the market year-to-date is the notable underperformance of consensus bearish trades.
On July 28, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Order Granting Temporary Exemptive Relief under Rule 10c-1a, formally extending key compliance dates for market participants and FINRA.
EquiLend has expanded its capabilities as a global leader in securities finance with the acquisition of Trading Apps, a front-office technology provider known for its automation tools and modular trading solutions used by many of the world’s leading securities finance desks.
Insight JULY 25, 2025 Market Flash Market Flash on Kohl’s (KSS) and Opendoor (OPEN) The Return of Meme Stock Mania Recent market activity has shown how heavily shorted stocks can be affected by coordinated retail trading campaigns. Our analysis of Kohl’s Corporation (KSS) and Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) identifies patterns in securities finance metrics that indicate […]
Lucid Motors price soared nearly 40% following its robotaxi deal with Uber, but are the shorts positioning for a fall?
EquiLend’s data for Unusual Machines (UMAC) signaled investor skepticism ahead of a recent price drop.
EquiLend: Securities Lending Revenue Rises to $5.2 Billion in H1 2025, Up 9% Over 2024 July 4, 2025 The global securities finance industry generated $5.2 billion in revenue for lenders in the first half of 2025, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics. The figure represents a 9% increase from the $4.8 billion generated in H1 […]
As part of the EquiLend Spire suite of Securities Finance Platform Solutions, EquiLend’s Fully Paid Lending (FPL) system delivers a comprehensive FPL engine to firms which offer FPL as a service, as well as a full-fledged solution for those looking to start an FPL offering.
Insight July 2025 The Purple A Market’s Maturation: The Continued Growth of ETF Securities Finance The long-term growth of the Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) market is one of the most significant structural developments in modern finance. As ETFs have become foundational components of institutional portfolios, the ecosystem supporting them has matured in tandem. A key part […]
Insight July 2025 The Purple Tariff Turbulence: How Trade Wars Reshaped Securities Lending in H1 2025 The securities lending market thrives on market volatility and since Trump took office the VIX volatility index peaked to levels not seen since March 2020, when COVID rattled the globe. According to President Trump, “Tariffs is the most beautiful […]
Insight July 2025 The Purple H1 2025: Securities Lending Market Revenue EquiLend looks back on the drivers of lending revenue in the first half of 2025 in the 19th Edition of EquiLend The Purple. As we arrive at the midway point of 2025, trade and market volatility remain the global topics of conversation. The Trump […]
UnitedHealth Group (TICKER: UNH) shares fell from $600 on April 11 to $275 as of May 15 erasing over $300 billion in market value as rising medical costs, regulatory pressures and a Department of Justice criminal investigation into possible Medicare fraud undermined investor confidence.
EquiLend’s Kevin McNulty, Head of RegTech Solutions and Iain MacKay, RegTech Solutions Product Owner, were both featured on panels during the Securities Finance Times Winter Symposium discussing regulatory impacts seen across the industry and the road ahead for securities finance regulation.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, gives his take on October’s trading data with the continued backdrop of global volatility from a range of sources.
Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, gives his take on the global market impacts surrounding inflation concerns while highlighting the all-time highs seen throughout Q3 across EquiLend’s NGT platform, resulting in our 6th consecutive record quarter in relation to volumes traded across the global platform.
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Mike Norwood, Head of EquiLend Trading Solutions, provides insight into the market trends seen throughout Q2 while reflecting on EquiLend’s record quarter in relation to volumes traded across the global platform, resulting in growth year over year.
In our CSDR Client Concerns series we’ve considered each of the points causing clients the greatest concerns ahead of CSDR and examined each in practice since CSDR go-live in Feb 2022. One issue which has only been lightly considered is that of liquidity. Has market liquidity been negatively impacted by increased regulation?
Andy McCardle, Head of EquiLend Asia, shares his unique viewpoint of the global and local changes impacting APAC markets from his experience in both US and Asian markets.