While the securities finance industry has become considerably more transparent than it was a decade ago with the advent of specialized data providers such as DataLend, the critical metrics that market participants monitor on a daily basis are still relatively unknown outside the institutional marketplace.
The global lendable balance in the securities lending industry has crossed $20 trillion.
Securities lending is no longer just a way for fund managers to cover operational costs, such as custody, but has emerged as a vehicle to capture alpha.
DataLend has released the third issue of The Purple, a data-driven research publication for the securities finance market.
EquiLend & BondLend took home the award for Best Trading Platform, and DataLend won for Best Market Data Provider.
EquiLend and Trax are collaborating on a full front-to-back Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) solution to support mutual clients in their SFTR reporting requirements.
For all parties involved in securities lending, transparency has become increasingly important to ensure that optimal value is extracted from lending programs.
A Q&A with John Arnesen, Global Head, Agency Securities Lending, BNP Paribas Securities Services.
Consultants specializing in working with firms to optimize their lending programs discuss how their beneficial owner clients are making the most of securities finance market data.
Hard-to-borrow securities, also known as specials, make up a considerable percentage of the securities lending market’s revenue, but the 2017 global equity market rally has had a negative impact on the specials market thus also reducing lending revenue. DataLend investigated how the reduction of specials in the market has impacted global revenues over the past 18 months.
While SFTR presents challenges for lenders, the regulation also raises an opportunity to reform, and streamline, global trading models.
DataLend has released the third issue of The Purple, a data-driven research publication for the securities finance market.
EquiLend & BondLend took home the award for Best Trading Platform, and DataLend won for Best Market Data Provider.
EquiLend and Trax are collaborating on a full front-to-back Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) solution to support mutual clients in their SFTR reporting requirements.
OCC and EquiLend Clearing Services (ECS) have joined forces to bring greater access to central counterparty clearing in the securities finance marketplace.
EquiLend has acquired Automated Equity Finance Markets, Inc., commonly known as AQS, along with its securities lending technology systems from PDQ Enterprises, operator of PDQ ATS.
Nancy Allen has been appointed product owner of DataLend, the securities finance market data division of EquiLend, effective immediately. She is based in New York.
A Q&A with Don D’Eramo, Managing Director and Global Head of Securities Lending, RBC I&TS.
EquiLend has appointed Ken DeGiglio to the newly created role of chief information officer, effective immediately. He is based in New York and joins EquiLend’s executive team.
EquiLend has appointed Ken DeGiglio to the newly created role of chief information officer, effective immediately. He is based in New York and joins EquiLend’s executive team.
EquiLend has acquired Automated Equity Finance Markets, Inc., commonly known as AQS, along with its securities lending technology systems from PDQ Enterprises, operator of PDQ ATS.
Nancy Allen has been appointed product owner of DataLend, the securities finance market data division of EquiLend, effective immediately. She is based in New York.
EquiLend, the securities finance trading and post-trade service provider, and Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading clearing houses and part of Deutsche Börse Group, agreed to connect EquiLend’s securities lending platform to Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP service.
EquiLend successfully rolled out its Next Generation Trading (NGT) securities finance trading platform on Monday, April 27. The platform is now live, with clients from around the world already having executed trades on the platform.
EquiLend and BondLend, the securities finance industry trading and post-trade service providers, have launched Trade Match, which provides an automated way to compare pre-settlement, cross-product securities finance transactions.
EquiLend has received regulatory clearance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to operate its securities finance trading platform domestically in the market.
On July 1, Absa Bank, the South African banking entity of Barclays Group Africa, became the first-ever domestic South African entity to execute a securities finance trade via the EquiLend trading platform.
EquiLend has appointed Iain Mackay as Product Owner, Post-Trade Services, effective immediately. He is based in London.
A record number of trades were executed on EquiLend’s securities finance trading platforms in Asia in February.
A record number of trades were executed on EquiLend’s securities finance trading platforms on Thursday, February 6.
DataLend, the securities finance market data provider launched in 2013 by EquiLend, has released its Client Performance Reporting service, which enables agent lenders and beneficial owners to benchmark their securities lending performance.
EquiLend has won the Securities Lending category of the Global Custodian magazine Technology, Consultancy & Law Awards. The award was announced live in New York at the Global Custodian Awards for Excellence on Thursday, November 14.
Tim Keenan has been appointed global product manager of fixed income securities finance trading platform BondLend, effective immediately. He will be based in New York.
EquiLend and BondLend have kicked off the development of a new consolidated and streamlined securities finance trading system covering the full pre-trade to trade execution process.
DataLend, the securities finance market data provider launched in January 2013, has surpassed $10 trillion in total inventory value covering nearly 40,000 unique securities worldwide.
EquiLend, the securities finance trading platform and post-trade service provider, was named Best Trading Platform globally and Best Post-Trade Service Provider in the Americas at the Global Investor/ISF Equity Lending & Synthetic Finance Awards, which took place Thursday, September 19, in London.
BondLend, the fixed income securities finance trading platform, experienced record trading by volume and value across June, July and August 2013.
With the need for timely settlement of collateral, EquiLend’s new Tri-Party Connectivity service helps to expedite the agreement and communication of required value (RQV) figures, while ensuring clients always know the status of their trades.
EquiLend, a leading provider of global securities finance trading and post trade services, announced today the launch of DataLend, a new market data provider for the global securities finance market.
EquiLend, a leading provider of global securities finance trading and post trade services, announced today the introduction of DataLend, a new market data provider for the global securities finance market.