What is share lending?

[Richard.W]

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Securities Lending

We’re considering taking the next step to make our unique zero-commission, zero-fee investing service even more sustainable. A fairly common practice amongst brokers is to lend out the securities of their clients to other market participants who’d like to borrow them for short selling. For the clients lending the shares, the benefits may be slim to none, due to the extremely low borrow rates, but for the broker holding the bulk of shares, the pennies add up & can make the difference between los…