Data & Analytics – DataLend’s New User Interface
The new and improved Data & Analytics User Interface has been designed with client feedback in mind, delivering a user-friendly UI which provides access to more data than ever before.
October 2023
The leaves are turning, and the RMA is behind us…we are in the home stretch of 2023! 2023 marked the ten-year anniversary of DataLend! We have come a long way over the last ten years, continuously adding new data and analytics products to better serve our ever-expanding client base. Aligned with our ten-year anniversary, we are very excited to introduce our brand-new User Interface!
The new UI has been designed with your feedback in mind. It’s customizable and provides clients with the flexibility you have requested to better analyze our data. We will be reaching out to you all very soon to introduce you to the new look and feel of DataLend.
Please enjoy this 2023 Q3 issue of The Purple and as always, thank you for your continued support. Please feel free to reach out to us at datalendproductspecialists@equilend.com with any questions!
The new and improved Data & Analytics User Interface has been designed with client feedback in mind, delivering a user-friendly UI which provides access to more data than ever before.
In the decade since DataLend launched, the regulatory landscape of the securities finance industry has changed dramatically with MIFID I and II, CSDR and SFTR adding greater transparency across the sector.
The APAC region has been a hot topic for the securities lending industry for many years, with markets in the region being characterized by varying tax treatments, settlement requirements, collateral margins, and short selling restrictions.
A sleepy IPO market is beginning to stir; DataLend looks at the impacts of IPOs in securities lending.
As the second quarter concludes, we can reflect on an eventful first half of 2023 marked by a banking crisis, a resurgence in meme stock activity and persistent interest rate hikes to battle global inflation.
Standards and accuracy are important factors in any data offering, but especially when using this data to measure performance and understand revenue relative to peers.
Equities market performance has been something of a pleasant surprise in the first half of 2023. In the U.S. market, the S&P 500 closed out the 2nd quarter roughly 16% higher than its mark from the start of the year.
In his June 21, 2023, testimony before congress, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell referred to the central bank’s view of bank-run mechanics as “outdated.” His comments, which sought to address the events leading up to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, allude to the fact that today, the genesis of financial panic is more likely to come from message boards than board rooms.
Discover stock utilization & other key securities lending metrics with DataLend’s comprehensive guide, revealing market trends in securities finance & cash markets.
Kickstarting in mid-March 2023, NGT, EquiLend’s renowned trading platform, launched an exciting new workflow for clients – Competitive Bid. In an effort to drive greater automation in the specials market, Competitive Bid allows both Lenders and Borrowers to indicate hard-to-borrow flags when they initiate trades.
In a volatile macroeconomic environment, the fixed income market continued its robust securities lending performance in Q1 2023, generating $666 million in revenue, up 25% YoY. The period continued to be characterized by rising interest rates and inflation, forcing fixed income yields up and presenting an opportunity for directional trading.
The Data and Analytics division of EquiLend has observed many revenue-impacting corporate events in recent years; Naspers in 2021 and 3M last year, to name a few.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout both the U.S. and global financial sector. While the 2023 banking crisis will likely not be a watershed of the same magnitude as the collapses of 2008, it was a true test of the system and unsurprisingly had a significant impact on the securities lending market.
The WISF organization marked its 5th anniversary in 2022 by ringing the bell at the New York, Toronto and London Stock Exchanges, a momentous milestone and an important signal for any woman considering a career in the securities finance industry.
With the last chapter of 2022 now written, volatility is beginning to feel like one of the only things investors can count on in an age of seemingly continuous market turbulence.
2022 was a big year for EquiLend’s data offerings. Building on the success of the award-winning DataLend platform, the new Data & Analytics Solutions division was launched to bring together all of EquiLend’s data and analytics services to create unprecedented and unique insights.
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).