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title: Securities Lending
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# Introduction
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# Securities Lending
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## Introduction
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The CDM is a data model that provides a standard format for financial
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products and transactions in the capital markets industry. It is
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with securities financing subject matter experts to model components in
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the CDM for the Securities Lending market.
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# Scope
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## Scope
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A securities lending transaction involves the loan of securities by one party
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(the "*lender*") to another (the "*borrower*"), often facilitated by a
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events including trade execution, settlement, returns, allocation and
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reallocation are supported, with a basic billing function also provided.
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# Core elements in Securities Lending
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## Core elements in Securities Lending
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There are several types, attributes and functions that should be used to
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describe securities lending products and lifecycle events. The core elements
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required are described in this section, with examples of their usage.
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## Cash Collateral
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### Cash Collateral
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In a cash loan, the lender lends the borrower the requested securities,
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and the borrower provides cash as collateral against the securities that they
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## Non-cash Collateral
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### Non-cash Collateral
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In a non-cash loan, the lender lends the borrower the requested securities,
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## Cash Pool
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### Cash Pool
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In a cash pool loan, the lender lends the borrower the requested securities,
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the borrower.
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Please see the preceding example for a securities lending trade collateralised
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## Defining Collateral
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### Defining Collateral
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When non-cash collateral is used as collateral on a trade then it needs to
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be defined in the `AssetPayout` of the product. This can be done using the
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The details of the security should be entered in the attributes held within
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## Parties, Party Roles and Counterparties
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### Parties, Party Roles and Counterparties
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The parties on a trade are defined in `Party` objects. These can be the
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lender and the borrower (i.e. the counterparties) or custodians or agency
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## Payer and Receiver
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### Payer and Receiver
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The `InterestRatePayout` and `AssetPayout` types must also define the payer
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## Interest Rate, Price, Quantity and Value
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### Interest Rate, Price, Quantity and Value
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The key factors that affect the earnings on a securities lending trade are the
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interest rate, price, loan quantity and loan value. These are all held in the
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### Price and Quantity
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#### Price and Quantity
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The `priceQuantity` will need to include a `price` that holds the asset price
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### Interest Rate and Value
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#### Interest Rate and Value
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## Dates
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### Effective Date
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#### Effective Date
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## Haircut and Margin
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