Power Enhanced Trading Decisions with Trusted Market Intelligence

Equilend's award-winning market data division covers $52T+ in lendable assets across 50+ global markets. Agent lenders, broker-dealers, beneficial owners, buy-side firms and, retail desks leverage Equilend data to make faster, more informed decisions, from identifying trade signals to price discovery to performance measurement to real-time short squeeze detection.

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Financing and trading decisions shouldn't depend on stale data

Limited market transparency

Every securities finance participant depends on timely, accurate market intelligence. Yet the industry's publicly available short interest data is published only twice a month and lags by approximately two weeks. Real-time visibility into borrow demand, financing costs, and lifecycle events remain limited, leaving firms to make decisions with incomplete information.

Comprehensive market intelligence

Equilend's Data & Insights solutions bring real-time insights to the global securities finance market across equities and fixed income. DataLend delivers anonymized, aggregated securities finance data covering more than $52T+ in lendable assets, providing a comprehensive view of market activity across global markets.

Actionable trading intelligence

Equilend Data & Insights delivers actionable securities finance intelligence with daily short interest data, continuously updated market sentiment, real-time borrow demand, and financing rates, helping market participants identify opportunities, manage risk, and make enhanced trading decisions.

$52T+

Lendable assets

226,000+

Unique securities

$4.6T

On-loan

Why the market's leading firms rely on Equilend data

The only front-to-back view of the securities finance market

Real-time transaction data from the moment a trade executes

Market sentiment is seen in real-time, not on a lag

An early warning system for short squeeze risk

Market intelligence in the workflows your team already uses

Measure performance with confidence

See market data in action

Watch how Market Data streamlines day-to-day operations.

How firms across the market use Equilend data

Performace measurement

Compare your securities finance activity against representative global market data to measure performance, validate strategies, and uncover opportunities for improvement.

Optimize trading & pricing

Monitor market liquidity, supply and demand, and financing rates to improve price discovery, identify trading opportunities, and make more informed execution decisions.

Short position validation for portfolio managers

Portfolio managers use Equilend data to validate supply and demand dynamics for securities in their portfolios before taking or increasing a short position. Predicted Short Interest, updated daily with a high/low range, gives them a forward-looking view that exchange-reported data cannot provide.

Intra-day squeeze monitoring for risk teams

Risk managers use the Short Squeeze Score alongside Real-Time Data to monitor securities with elevated squeeze probability throughout the trading day. Loan quantity, transaction count, and financing rates, updated in hourly intervals, give teams a continuous picture of borrow pressure as conditions develop.

Bloomberg-native securities finance intelligence for traders

Traders working in the Bloomberg ecosystem can access Orbisa data directly in the terminal at the security level, predicted short interest, borrow demand, financing rates, and squeeze scores, without leaving their terminal or switching between platforms.

Connected across the Equilend ecosystem

Data & Insights is seamlessly connected across Equilend's Trading, Workflow Automation, and Digital solutions, creating a unified ecosystem for the securities finance market. This interconnected approach gives clients greater visibility, richer context, and more informed decision-making across every stage of the securities finance lifecycle.

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One powerful platform

Connected Architecture Integration Layer APIs, Adapters, MCPs Data & Insights Datalend Real-Time Analytics Predictive Insights Orbisa Finadium Research Pre-Trade Availability Locates Dashboards SSIs Onboard+ Post-Trade Re-Rates & Rate Optimizer Returns & Recalls Settlement Monitor Exposure Management Billing / Div Comparison Regulatory Compliance SFTR Reporting MiFID Delegated Reporting 10c-1a Reporting ALD T+1 Compliance Trade
Execution NGT ECS Workflow Automation Front Office Automation Order Management / Routing Borrow / Loan Automation Position Optimization Pricing Engine Back Office Foundation Books & Records Real-Time Inventory Collateral Optimization Cash Reinvestment CAL & Fully Paid Lending Billing & Reporting Settlement Processing Conduit Monitor 1Source Single Golden Source of Transaction Truth Professional & Consulting Services

Key features and product capabilities

Feature

Description

Data Coverage

Global dataset spanning all asset classes and regions across 50+ markets, with $52T+ in lendable assets, $4.6T on loan, and 226,000+ unique securities.

Real-Time Data

Real-time securities finance lifecycle events provided within minutes of booking. Covering more than 200,000 daily events, Equilend Real-Time Data showcases changes in market sentiment as they happen, not tomorrow!

Predicted Short Interest

AI-powered daily estimate with high/low range; trained on 10+ years of historical data.

Short Squeeze Score

Proprietary daily metric on a 0-to-100 scale; integrates market dynamics, securities finance data, and social sentiment; available across all Equilend Data & Insights solutions.

Orbisa on Bloomberg

Full Orbisa dataset integrated into Bloomberg Launchpad at the security level; no separate terminal or data agreement required for existing Orbisa clients.

Delivery Methods

Web UI, API, flat file, Excel add-in, Bloomberg, and MCP connector.

Additional Services

Datalend Consulting: dedicated team applying Datalend tools to client-specific reporting needs; Datalend Portfolio: beneficial owner program performance measurement; Client Performance Reporting: standardized peer group performance measurement.

MCP Connectors

Equilend MCP connectors are available for users to plug into their existing AI workflows, enabling you to interact with the data in real-time.

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Ridgeview’s Takeover Puts Pinewood Shorts in Reverse

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Kumho Tire Shorts Run Flat After Strong Earnings

EquiLend data shows Kumho Tire borrow positioning building through July before reversing after Q2 results, with squeeze signals emerging as shorts began to unwind.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Datalend and who uses it?

Datalend is Equilend's securities finance market data platform. It covers $52T+ in lendable assets, and 226,000+ unique securities across all asset classes and regions globally. Agent lenders use it for rate benchmarking and program performance measurement. Broker dealers use it for rate discovery and market positioning. Beneficial owners use it to evaluate lending programs against peer groups.

What is Orbisa?

Orbisa is the leading securities finance market data platform curated specifically for the buy-side. By leveraging data from the Equilend ecosystem it provides all market participants with insight into market positioning and sentiment in real-time.

What is Predicted Short Interest and how does it differ from exchange-reported data?

Various exchanges report short interest but often with a lag of days if not weeks. By the time that data is available, positions and prices may already have moved. Predicted Short Interest is an AI-driven daily estimate built from live securities finance transactions and trained on 10+ years of historical data. It includes a confidence interval and is currently available for U.S. equities, with global expansion underway.

What is the Short Squeeze Score?

The Short Squeeze Score is a proprietary daily metric that measures the likelihood a given security is vulnerable to a short squeeze. It runs from 0 (low probability) to 100 (high probability) and integrates three data pillars: market dynamics (price and volume anomalies), securities finance data (liquidity pressures and rising borrow costs), and social media sentiment. It is available across all Equilend Data & Insights solutions.

What data points are available in Datalend?

Datalend provides comprehensive securities finance data across equities and fixed income, including loan balances, utilization, borrow demand, financing rates, availability, market depth, counterparty activity, and short sentiment. Clients can access real-time and historical datasets, along with security-level and market-level analytics, through flexible delivery methods including API, flat file, Excel, and the UI (web interface).

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