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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
The Purple
April 21, 2026
In The Purple Issue 22, Equilend Data & Analytics shows exactly where that revenue came from, across regions, asset classes, sectors and real-time demand. This
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
Equilend Short Squeeze Score | Designed to provide early warning signals of potential short squeezes, using both comprehensive securities finance data and social media sentiment
Impact of Rate Cuts on Securities Lending
January 29, 2025
After aggressively hiking interest rates to a 10-year high of 5.5%, the U.S. Federal Reserve started 2024 in a holding-pattern of sorts. Inflation measures were
The Initial Impact of the 2024 U.S. Election on Securities Lending
January 29, 2025
With two months now elapsed since the 2024 U.S. presidential election, policy shifts planned by the incoming administration have begun to come into focus, and
Revenue Review: Top Securities Lending Earners in 2024
January 29, 2025
As U.S. equity markets rallied in 2024, securities lending revenue for U.S. equities faced significant challenges, with Q4 revenue down 7% year-over-year (YoY), contributing to
APAC 2024 Performance
January 29, 2025
While global securities lending revenue faced headwinds in 2024, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region showed resilience, experiencing a comparatively modest 1.8% year-over-year (YoY) decline to $2.1
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