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title : Securities Lending
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---
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- # Introduction
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+ # Securities Lending
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+
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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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}
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```
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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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and the borrower provides collateral in the form of other securities or
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}
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```
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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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and takes cash as collateral from a cash pool held by the lender on behalf of
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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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using cash for an example of where the payouts can be found.
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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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the ` security->productIdentifier ` type, being the ` identifier ` and the ` source ` .
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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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counterparties must reference a ` Party ` object which can again be done using
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metadata to avoid duplication.
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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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and receiver under the ` payerReceiver ` type.
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providing the collateral (either cash or non-cash), and the lender is the
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receiver of the collateral.
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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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shares of that asset; and another to describe the interest rate and the value
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to which the rate is to be applied.
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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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and a ` quantity ` that holds the number of shares on loan. It is also possible
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* Note: the security on loan can also be defined under the ` product -> security ` *
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* details*
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- ### Interest Rate and Value
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+ #### Interest Rate and Value
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The ` priceQuantity ` will need to include a ` price ` that represents the interest
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rate and a ` quantity ` that holds the value that the interest rate is to be
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} ]
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```
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- ## Dates
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+ ### Dates
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There are several key dates through the lifecycle of a securities lending
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trade. The main ones that need to be defined are described in this section.
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- ### Effective Date
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+ #### Effective Date
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The effective date in a securities lending trade refers to the date when the
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agreement or transaction between the lender and the borrower becomes binding
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The ` effectiveDate ` can be found under the product's ` economicTerms ` type.
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- ### Trade Date
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+ #### Trade Date
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The trade date is the specific day when the order to lend securities is
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executed or placed in the market. The trade date marks the initiation of the
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Once the trade has been executed then the ` tradeDate ` under the ` trade ` type
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should be set to the date the trade was executed.
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- ### Settlement Dates
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+ #### Settlement Dates
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The settlement date is when the securities legally change hands. In a
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securities lending trade, there are potentially two dates related to
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* and ` interestRatePayout->settlementTerms->settlementDate ` types as described*
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* above.*
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- ### Termination Date
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Where a trade has a termination date this can be set under the
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` terminationDate ` of the product's ` economicTerms ` type. Additional details
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related to the termination of a trade can be placed within the
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` terminationProvision ` type also under ` economicTerms ` .
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- ## Legal Agreement
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+ ### Legal Agreement
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The agreement governing a trade should be referenced in the ` contractDetails `
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type under ` trade ` . For securities lending trades the ISLA Global Master
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* ` masterAgreementSchedule ` which is also provided underneath the ` documentation ` *
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* type.*
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- ## Haircut and Margin
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In a securities lending trade, a haircut is a reduction applied to the value
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of the collateral used for a loan and is generally expressed as a percentage.
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