The Purple
July 21, 2026
Inside the Financing Markets: The Purple Issue 23 explores what’s driving this record performance, from geopolitical volatility and interest rate uncertainty to AI trade rotation,
Inside the Financing Markets: The Purple Issue 23
July 2026
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2026: The AI Trade Grows Up
July 21, 2026
Six months ago, we wrote about how AI-linked equities had redefined the securities lending landscape in 2025, a year shaped by speculative positioning, breakout IPOs,
Return of the IPOs: H1 2026’s Record Listings Through a Securities Finance Lens
July 21, 2026
H1 2026 was one of the most active periods for new equity issuance on record.
H1 2026 Securities Lending Market Review: Geopolitical Volatility Drives a Record $9.1 Billion in H1 2026
July 21, 2026
The global securities lending industry just wrapped up its strongest first half on record.
Saudi Arabia Equity Lending: Zero to Here… and the $26 Billion Question Ahead
July 21, 2026
Three years ago, Saudi Arabia’s lending market barely registered a blip in global data.
Epic Fury, Meet Furious Shorts: Bears Waste No Time Piling In
April 21, 2026
When the U.S. and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28th, 2026, it triggered what the International Energy Agency has since described as the
Bridging the Short Interest Gap: EquiLend’s Predicted Short Interest Now Live!
April 21, 2026
Market turbulence has a way of exposing what’s signal and what’s noise. Two months ago, amid heightened market volatility, EquiLend’s Predicted Short Interest went live
Securities Finance Market Review: Q1 2026
April 21, 2026
Q1 did not tiptoe into 2026; it kicked the door in. NGT processed a record 11,335,376 trades against $13.6 trillion in notional, up 25.58% versus
Predicted Short Interest: A New Lens on Market Positioning
January 22, 2026
Understanding short interest is critical, yet traditional short interest data has significant limitations as it is infrequent and heavily delayed.
2025: The Year AI Reshaped the Lending Landscape
January 22, 2026
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
2025 Year in Review: What Drove a Record-Breaking Year for Securities Lending Revenue?
January 22, 2026
The curtain has closed on 2025 — and what a year it was for global securities finance.
The Purple Edition 19 | A Market’s Maturation: The Continued Growth of ETF Securities Finance
July 1, 2025
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
The Purple Edition 19 | Tariff Turbulence: How Trade Wars Reshaped Securities Lending in H1 2025
July 1, 2025
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
The Purple Edition 19 | H1 2025 Securities Lending Market Revenue
July 1, 2025
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
The Purple Edition 18 | Q1 2025 Review
May 1, 2025
The first quarter of 2025 was a period of heightened volatility and uncertainty for global markets, driven by a confluence of macroeconomic and geo-political factors.
Leveraging Securities Finance for Corporate Short Interest Insights
May 1, 2025
Navigating short interest in the corporate bond market can be filled with risk. The lack of transparency and public reporting forces investors to use limited
The Purple Edition 18 | Korean Short Selling is Back
May 1, 2025
In Q1 2025, the lending of APAC equities bolstered revenue for the rest of the securities finance market by reporting a 29% increase in year-over-year
EquiLend Short Squeeze Score: Stay Ahead of the Squeeze
April 29, 2025
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