Insight July 2025 Mike Norwood Monthly Securities Finance Market Review: July 2025 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. The following data has been measured and derived from EquiLend […]
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 […]
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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.
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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.
EquiLend Trading saw a record-breaking quarter in relation to both volumes and notional traded across the platform, representing significant growth year over year. @Mike Norwood, EquiLend’s Global Trading Product Owner, reflects on the trends seen in the market since the start of the year and EquiLend’s continued growth and increasing volumes across our trading platform.
The European Settlement Regime has brought unexpected challenges for market participants in securities finance. In part 3 of our #CSDR concerns series, we explore the CSDR impact on collateral and the staggering impact on returns within the securities lending trade lifecycle.
The rise of SPACs and meme stocks has brought new attention to financial markets. Matt Ross, DataLend Product Specialist surveys the financial landscape with these new instruments.
In part 2 of our CSDR concerns series, we’re focused on the impact of the regulation on Standard Settlement Instructions and repository and how Settlement Monitor has saved thousands of pounds in CSDR fines for clients.
Where Exposure Management reduces settlement costs associated with failing trades, the tie-in with Settlement Monitor, the newest release from EquiLend, eliminates them.
EquiLend Trading Records Signal Growth in Electronic Trading in Securities Lending
EquiLend surveyed our community of clients to better understand their concerns for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). In part one of our 5-part series, we’ll focus on the importance of pre-matching and the impact on returns introduced by CSDR.
CSDR is finally scheduled for implementation in February 2022, yet despite the delays, the requirement to prepare effectively for CSDR is no less for the uncertainty surrounding it.