Securities Lending after the Financial Crisis
Posted: 9 Mar 2012
Date Written: September 22, 2011
Abstract
In April 2009, Wendy Jefferson had just returned to her office following a whirlwind day of meetings with her newest client, Star Advisor. Jefferson, a financial services consultant, was eager to dig into the information provided to her and her team about the Star mutual funds and the income the funds earned from securities lending. Securities lending involved temporarily transferring securities from mutual funds managed by Star Advisor to short sellers and other investors. Income from these loans had been a small but secure component of Star mutual fund returns for decades.
Learning Objective: To educate students about financial intermediation through securities lending and government regulation of short selling.
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