Equilend Canada Corp.

Equilend is a global financial technology firm at the center of securities finance. Founded in 2001 by a group of leading global financial institutions, the company went live in 2002 with a mission to bring efficiency to securities finance through standardized, centralized technology. Its platform connects more than 250 institutions across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, powering trading, workflow automation, data and insights, and digital solutions across the securities finance lifecycle. The company's offerings span pre-trade, trade execution, post-trade processing, and regulatory workflows. Equilend's technology helps market participants digitize and automate critical workflows, reduce operational complexity, improve consistency and transparency, and support more efficient collaboration between counterparties. Its data product, Orbisa, provides short interest intelligence, borrow demand, and financing rates across 50+ global markets and 226,000+ unique securities, including fixed income coverage on Bloomberg. Equilend serves a broad range of market participants, including prime brokers, agent lenders, hedge funds, asset managers, and corporate issuers. For corporate issuers, Equilend offers a daily view of short interest, borrow demand, and squeeze risk in their own securities and competitors', built from live securities finance transactions. The company has more than 400 employees across eight global offices and has been operating for over 25 years. Equilend Canada Corp. is the Canadian entity of the Equilend group. While the group is headquartered in New York, the Canadian entity is based in Toronto and supports the firm's operations in Canada. Equilend remains privately held and independent, built by the industry for the industry.

Equilend was founded in 2001 by a group of leading global financial institutions who wanted to bring efficiency to securities finance through standardized, centralized technology. The firm went live in 2002 with a platform built specifically for the securities finance industry. From day one, it was independent infrastructure, created by the largest participants in the market. Over the next two decades, Equilend expanded its platform to cover trading, workflow automation, data and insights, and digital solutions. It grew its client base to more than 250 institutions across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. The company also developed Orbisa, a securities finance data product that provides short interest intelligence, borrow demand, and financing rates across 50+ global markets and 226,000+ unique securities, including fixed income coverage on Bloomberg. Equilend Canada Corp. is the Canadian entity of the group, based in Toronto. The group itself is headquartered in New York and has eight offices globally. As of the 2020s, Equilend employs more than 400 people and continues to operate as a private, independent company. Its heritage as an industry-built platform still shapes its approach to product development and client collaboration.

• 2002

  Equilend went live with its platform.

• 2001

  Equilend was formed.

• 2000

  A group of leading global financial institutions came together with a shared goal to bring efficiency to securities finance.

Independent infrastructure built specifically for the securities finance industry, connecting market participants through a common ecosystem.

• Orbisa

  Securities finance data product providing short interest intelligence, borrow demand, and financing rates across 50+ global markets and 226,000+ unique securities, including fixed income coverage on Bloomberg.

• Equilend Trading Platform

  Platform for pre-trade, trade execution, and post-trade processing in securities finance.

• Workflow Automation

  Solutions to digitize and automate critical securities finance workflows.

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