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Since mid-February, short loan value as a percentage of market capitalisation has started to increase across European, Asian and Americas equities. As equity markets touch all-time highs, Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, predicts further volatility on the horizon and a positive short-term outlook for securities lending markets
Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, reflects on the importance of complete and accurate inventory, transaction and static data in enabling consistent performance measurement across securities lending markets
Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, evaluates the first week of trading and lending in Bitcoin ETFs, following recent approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission
After a prolonged period of low growth, low interest rates and relative calm, the markets reawakened during 2023 and volatility has returned. Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, analyses the factors driving securities lending revenues over the past 12 months and the expectation of another great year during 2024
Securities lending activity in Japan has surged during 2023, with revenues generated by Japanese equities increasing by 26 per cent year-on-year. Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, evaluates the factors shaping market sentiment
Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, reflects on how a YoY dip in Q3 securities lending revenues belies strong YtD performance and potential for record lending revenues for the second consecutive year
In the securities lending markets, corporate bonds have experienced significant increases in on-loan values and revenues over the last two years. S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Matthew Chessum analyses the primary drivers
Matthew Chessum, director of securities finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence, describes a perfect storm for the property sector as challenging trading conditions drive interest from short sellers