With Q3 in our rear view, a wide variety of asset classes were in play as volatile market conditions continued and recession concerns joined inflation headlines. In this past quarter, the securities lending market generated $2.63 billion, an increase of 12% over the same period in 2021.

One of the brightest spots in the securities finance market is activity related to initial public offerings (IPOs).

The first half of 2019 has not been kind to the fixed income market, with total revenue down 30%.

Average duration is a measure of how long a trade is open, from the time that the security is borrowed to the time that it is returned back to the lender.

As summer 2019 drew to a close, DataLend reviewed trends that emerged throughout the season to see if the securities lending industry heated up along with the temperatures.

In this article DataLend examines the reasons why firms borrow securities, and some of the factors that can drive demand and make a security trade “special.”

DataLend takes a look beyond Q1 to forecast what to expect ahead in the securities finance industry.

In 2018 corporate bond issuance was down to its lowest level in seven years as rising interest rates, trade
wars and liquidity concerned potential investors.

As the so-called trade wars rage on, DataLend investigates the impact—or surprising lack thereof, in some cases—on securities finance markets across the globe

DataLend takes a look beyond Q2 2018 to forecast what to expect ahead in the securities finance industry.

DataLend investigates the impact that rising interest rates had on returns generated by cash collateralized trades.

DataLend investigates the bond markets of the U.S., Latin America and Europe amidst a backdrop of trade wars and rising interest rates.

The robust ETF lending market in the U.S. eclipses a nascent market in EMEA and Asia. DataLend examines the global ETF landscape

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.