Addressing Misconceptions in Securities Lending

Securities lending is a well-established practice with many documented benefits to the broader capital markets. For those lenders engaged in a securities lending program, it is a means to generate incremental returns on long positions. Securities lending generated $9.28 billion in lending revenue in 2021, according to Datalend.(1) According to RMA data, the global securities lending market includes approximately $30 trillion in lendable assets and on-loan balances of $2 trillion. Despite sec…