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Sentiment shifts on securities lending

The securities lending business was thrust into the limelight when regulators around the world moved to ban the short sale of banking stocks in 2008. The bans have had some unexpected repercussions.

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Credit concerns among lenders, an appetite for more transparency and the incursions by regulators are changing the way the securities lending market operates.

The securities lending process begins with large institutional investors such as pension funds which have traditionally made their long holdings available for loan through their custodian banks. Loaning securities generates a small revenue

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