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Survey: Beneficial Owners on Data

Funds Europe found in its recent survey of beneficial owners that these institutions view securities lending as an investment product and should in turn use independent securities lending data to optimize their programs, mitigate risk and support them in their fiduciary responsibilities.

DataLend Hot Topics

There has been substantial media coverage regarding the ongoing opioid crisis sweeping through America, from which headlines have begun to spill over into the financial world.

Securities Lending 101: Understanding Market Metrics

With the introduction of specialized market data providers such as DataLend, monitoring metrics on a daily basis has become a critical task for participants in the securities finance market.

Roundtable: Women in Securities Finance

Women in Securities Finance is an independent industry women’s group formed at the beginning of 2018 to foster connections in the securities finance industry.

DataLend: Behind the Scenes

On the surface, DataLend may seem like a fairly straightforward product: The system takes in some data from users and returns some data to users. However, when you look under the hood you quickly realize that processing and distributing this data is no easy task.

From Big Data Emerges Precision Analytics

To provide our clients with the most robust analytics available, EquiLend brought together DataLend’s powerful data processing and visualization know-how with NGT’s dataset to bring you The Pulse—Precision Analytics Powered by DataLend.

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Initial Trading Days

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

Fixed Income

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

The Drivers of Duration

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.

Emerging Trends in Securities Finance

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.

What Drives Demand in Specials?

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.”