Wall Street powerhouse BNY takes minority stake in EquiLend
The securities lending industry enables investors to borrow and lend stocks, bonds and other assets to facilitate liquidity management and trading strategies. Major banks, asset managers and hedge funds rely on securities lending to optimize portfolio returns and meet regulatory capital requirements. EquiLend is partly owned by some of Wall Street's biggest heavyweights, including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.