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title: "Airlines are the short-seller’s quarter – easyJet shares on loan up 33x, but get squeezed on tanker bets"
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description: "Global securities lending revenue reached $3.84 billion in Q1 2026, marking a 31% increase year-over-year and the highest Q1 recorded by EquiLend. This platform, established by major banks in 2001, facilitates the automated lending and borrowing of securities, including stocks and bonds."
datetime: "2026-04-26T17:49:18.000Z"
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# Airlines are the short-seller’s quarter – easyJet shares on loan up 33x, but get squeezed on tanker bets

Global securities lending revenue hit $3.84 billion in Q1 2026, up 31 percent year-over-year and the largest Q1 ever recorded by EquiLend. EquiLend is a securities lending platform started in late 2001 by a consortium of major banks. The company runs the infrastructure that automates the lending and borrowing of securities (stocks and bonds) betwee...

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