The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA) and EquiLend published the APAC Securities Lending Guide for 2024. It serves as a comprehensive and open resource that helps users understand the latest developments, regulatory requirements as well as areas of future advancement in the securities finance space for APAC markets.
Markets covered by the Guide include Australia, China A, China/HK Stock Connect, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
The Guide provides APAC market specific information including:
- Market specific insights, regulatory considerations and operational know-hows
- Comparative statistics on each market, for example the current equity lending market size and utilization rate
- Future developments facing the securities borrowing and lending (SBL) model and what progress has been made to advocate for more productive market factors that support securities lending.