Securities Lending Analysis

Securities Lending Analysis is an invaluable benchmarking tool which provides a quantitative review of securities lending performance against a customised, comparable peer group. The report provides key metrics and analysis necessary to assess the performance of the lending programme when compared to a highly refined peer group. The report also incorporates expert commentary and typically results in improved communication between client and provider, often yielding a 'win-win' scenario where greater revenue is generated to the benefit of both parties.

Securities Lending Review

The report focuses on a lending programme's performance over a specified reporting period and shows a variety of key performance metrics including:

• Variance to Peer Group
• Loan and Collateral Balances
• Total return to Lendable Assets
• Securities Lending Fee and Utilisation
• Counterpart Ranking
• Security Rankings
• Ranking 'vs' Peers
• Targets Analysis - a series of 'what if' scenarios applied to your holdings

In conjunction with a detailed review of results, the report also contains commentary which identifies key strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for the programme. Analysis is carried out at a granular level to ensure the 'footprint' of securities lending is explored and assessed.

In a highly competitive financial environment every basis point counts and the need to ensure 'best execution' is increasingly becoming a regulatory imperative - as evidenced by recent developments such as MiFID, SEC and CSSF reviews. In such an environment, 'securities lending alpha' and understanding and managing comparative performance really matter. This report can help ensure that performance is as it should be or suggest how it might be improved.