Market Flash: Avis Budget Group (CAR US)
EquiLend data shows squeeze pressure building in CAR, with utilization above 90% and EquiLend’s Short Squeeze Score above 90 as shares surge and volatility stays elevated.
EquiLend data shows squeeze pressure building in CAR, with utilization above 90% and EquiLend’s Short Squeeze Score above 90 as shares surge and volatility stays elevated.
EquiLend data shows short positioning building in HUT, with borrow quantity up 371% into an April peak and borrow conditions tightening amid a strategy shift.
EquiLend data shows short positioning building in DAL, with borrow demand up 201% month over month as airline risk returns.
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his March securities finance market review, highlighting how macro volatility, rising energy prices, and credit repricing drove record activity across EquiLend NGT.
Global securities lending revenue reached $3.84 billion in Q1 2026, up 31% year over year, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics. Record loan balances and stronger activity across equities and fixed income helped drive the quarter.
EquiLend Real-Time Data shows a sharp intraday borrow surge in OBDC and OTF as markets focus on credit quality and potential NAV pressure.
EquiLend data shows short positioning in EQNR fell sharply as shares rallied on North Sea news – then borrow demand began to rebuild.
EquiLend data shows short demand surging in TOPS as Hormuz risks rise, with Borrow Quantity jumping nearly 900% and Borrow Demand nearing 90%.
Europe’s move to T+1 will fundamentally reshape post-trade operations. This white paper explains what breaks first, where risk concentrates, and how firms can prepare.
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his February securities finance market review, highlighting how sector rotation, artificial intelligence-driven dispersion, and shifting macro conditions shaped activity across EquiLend NGT.
APAC securities lending trading activity has undergone a structural shift over the past three years.
The global move to T+1 settlement is no longer theoretical.
EquiLend data shows short demand building across Oil & Gas as markets react to rising risk, with utilization nearing max levels and real-time movers emerging today.
EquiLend Data & Analytics reports that securities lending revenue totaled $1.11 billion in February 2026 (+24% YoY) as average loan balances rose to $4.22 trillion. Equities generated $637 million in lender revenue (+26% YoY), while fixed income revenues rose to $234 million (+17% YoY), alongside regional highlights across North America, EMEA and APAC.
Crypto uncertainty remains and EquiLend highlights which holders of digital assets are under pressure.
Retail brokerages face a revenue crisis hiding in plain sight.
A review of the Canadian securities finance market for the full year of 2025.
EquiLend Real Time Data shows short demand surged in OWL after withdrawal changes rattled investors, intensifying liquidity concerns across private credit.
EquiLend data shows short demand rising in COIN and DFDV even as crypto prices fall – a bearish divergence that may signal renewed “crypto winter” risk.
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his January securities finance market review, highlighting how 2025’s record momentum carried into the new year across EquiLend NGT.
EquiLend data showed squeeze risk building in BNAI as retail social activity surged ahead of a 277% move on Jan. 26.
Manual onboarding processes are slowing approvals, trapping inventory, and delaying revenue across the securities lending market.
Global securities lending revenue reached $1.24 billion in January 2026, up 32% year over year, with loan balances holding above $4 trillion, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics.
CRML is tightening fast. EquiLend data points to a potential supply crunch as borrow demand climbs and utilization nears max levels amid Greenland-related uncertainty.
In The Purple Issue 21, EquiLend Data & Analytics shows exactly where that revenue came from, across regions, asset classes, sectors and real-time demand. This is the same data firms use to track positioning, spot opportunities and react faster to market shifts.
Understanding short interest is critical, yet traditional short interest data has significant limitations as it is infrequent and heavily delayed.
2025 was a defining year for AI-linked equities. Markets aggressively rewarded companies positioned across the entire value chain, from compute infrastructure and semiconductors to enterprise services and quantum technology.
The curtain has closed on 2025 — and what a year it was for global securities finance.
Innovative Eyewear (LUCY) tightened rapidly in about 72 hours, with EquiLend Utilization jumping from 17% to 98% and Cost to Borrow rising to 253%. EquiLend data points to a potential squeeze setup as borrow quantity neared 1M shares.
EquiLend’s Head of Trading Solutions, Mike Norwood, shares his monthly market review for securities finance, highlighting December trends and records seen across NGT.
As the securities finance industry prepares for the transition to T+1 settlement in the UK, Europe and Switzerland by October 2027, operational efficiency and accuracy are coming under increased scrutiny.
In the lead-up to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, there was a sharp unwinding of short positions in the U.S. Oil and Gas Drilling sector, as evidenced by EquiLend’s premier Data & Analytics platform.
Global securities lending revenue climbed to a record $15.3 billion in 2025, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics, representing 26% year-over-year growth and a 13% increase over the previous high set in 2023.
EquiLend, a global financial technology, data and analytics company for the securities finance industry, announced a strategic investment in Digital Prime Technologies, a U.S.-regulated provider of institutional crypto financing and prime brokerage technology, to advance institutional tokenized-asset and digital-markets infrastructure.
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.
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.
The global securities finance industry posted strong results in November 2025, generating $958 Million in revenue for lenders, according to EquiLend Data & Analytics.
Reconciliations cost the securities finance industry tens to hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Borrow demand in Blue Owl Capital’s listed vehicles (OWL US and OBDC US) has surged in recent months, indicating an early signal of concerns around the private credit market. EquiLend’s Borrow Quantity, a leading indicator of short interest, for OWL US has jumped 150% since September, rising from 33.4 million to 83.5 million shares, while OBDC US has climbed to 16.4 million shares from 10.2 million over the same period. EquiLend’s real-time securities lending data suggests investors are positioning for further declines in OWL US beyond its 25% slide since September.
Last week, Motorsport Games Inc. (MSGM) reported a strong Q3 2025, with revenue up 72% year-on-year and a return to profitability on the back of the Le Mans Ultimate game over the summer. Yet the rally quickly met skepticism. Investors are uneasy about the company’s dependence on one blockbuster title, a lack of forward guidance, and a $1 million decline in NASCAR revenue following the loss of image rights earlier this year.