COVID-19 and short selling bans lead to new low for global securities finance revenues
The massive fall in revenues was largely caused by lower market valuations and short-selling bans enacted worldwide by regulators.
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Global securities lending revenues in 2019 fall on macro uncertainty
Trade wars, Brexit and central bank actions weighed heavily on hedge funds' securities lending programmes.
Revenues from securities lending touch $10 billion in 2018
The year was a record in terms of revenues for beneficial owners, with more securities lending activity shifting to the front-office.
EquiLend recruits senior sec lending expert from Deutsche Bank
EquiLend has recently hired a number of securities lending veterans as it looks to strengthen relationships with users for its trading, data and post-trade services.
Global securities lending hits $2 trillion mark
Latest data from securities finance market data provider DataLend reveals the securities lending industry is now a $2 trillion business.