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ZARCLEAR SECURITIES LENDING

Zarclear Securities Lending provides an essential securities lending service in the local market and facilitates much of the liquidity onto South African exchanges. Our value proposition rests on our consistent ability to meet our clients’ stockborrowing needs, partnerships and revenue generation with our exclusive funds. We achieve this superior service by specifically structuring the business to cater to the growing scrip lending appetite of local hedge funds, stockbroking clients, equity structuring desks and the country’s top retail securities lending desks.


WE AT ZARCLEAR SECURITIES LENDING SPECIALISE IN:

  • Optimisation of fund inventory and capturing alpha with the alternative investment product through securities lending
  • Leveraging off global relationships to cover hard to borrow stocks
  • Effective collateral management, safeguarding liquidity and offering a secondary revenue stream to funds supplementing vanilla fee income from securities on loan
  • Pragmatic, liquidity-focused risk management, prioritising the holistic protection of the fund’s assets
  • Innovative technology through robotic process automation effectively reducing human error and optimising management controls and response to both adverse and advantageous market events
  • Partnering with funds to offer a tailor-made securities lending programme with full transparency while offering custom-made reports and promoting a mutually beneficial relationship


Zarclear Securities Lending is supported by the full balance sheet of our listed parent, Zarclear Holdings, and offers our clients a full indemnification for Zarclear Securities Lending’s obligations under the terms of a GMSLA.


WHY IS ZARCLEAR SECURITIES LENDING DIFFERENT?

  • We create long-term partnerships and value for our clients
  • We cater to the growing scrip-lending appetite of local hedge funds
  • We are known for our ability to locate sought-after stocks, with access to both small- and mid-cap stocks
  • We prioritise high utilisation on lending portfolios (70% average utilisation), without sacrificing fees
  • We are the primary lender to Peresec, i.e. largest prime broker in SA as well as other local prime brokers
  • We have an experienced team with a strong learning culture
  • We offer sophisticated, innovative and world-class technology
  • We are a proud to have a Level 1 B-BBEE status in South Africa


As we grow our assets under management, we plan to continue to lead the transformation of South Africa’s securities lending industry and financial services industry at large.

Contact details

We would like to learn more about your securities lending requirements.

If our offering is of interest please don’t hesitate to contact us as per below:

Umesh Vaga, Director
T : +27 11 722 7314
E : umeshv@zarclear.com

Lloyd Keys, Senior Manager
T : +27 11 722 7302
E : lloydk@zarclear.com

Zarclear Securities Lending (Pty) Ltd
9th Floor, Katherine Towers
1 Park Lane, Wierda Valley
Sandton 2196
www.zarclear.com