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Price Transparency in OTC Equity Lending Markets: Evidence from a Loan Fee Benchmark

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  • Fabio Cereda

  • Fernando Chague

  • Rodrigo De Losso

  • Alan De Genaro

  • Bruno Giovannetti

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We study the effects of a price transparency shock in the Brazilian OTC equity lending market. Previously, a publicly available stock-specific loan fee benchmark was the average fee of the past 15 trading days. On March 1, 2011, this interval was reduced to 3 days, significantly improving short-sellers' ability to predict current loan fees. We find that loan fees fell, lending volume increased, total lending revenue remained stable, high-cost lenders lost market share, and price efficiency increased after the benchmark change. Only a few countries benefit from loan fee benchmarks and our results may be relevant to regulators.

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  • Fabio Cereda & Fernando Chague & Rodrigo De Losso & Alan De Genaro & Bruno Giovannetti, 2020. "Price Transparency in OTC Equity Lending Markets: Evidence from a Loan Fee Benchmark," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2020_22, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
    • Handle: RePEc:spa:wpaper:2020wpecon22
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    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G19 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Other

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