SLBM: Stock Lending and Borrowing Mechanism

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Welcome to your daily dose of financial concepts.

In today’s blog let’s understand the term “Stock Lending and Borrowing Mechanism”.

Stock lending and borrowing is a system where a market participant can lend or borrow shares to/from another market participant. At a certain rate of interest.

This system (SLB) is a mutual transaction between two parties agreed for a specified period (Max. 12 months) as per SEBI regulations and usually the borrower is a short seller and the lender is a long-term investor.

Suppose you have invested in shares of a top company for 5 years, and your friend who is a trader wants to short-sell the shares of that company. In such a scenario, your friend can borrow the required or available amount of shares from you and give you an interest rate (which is decided by market conditions). After a pre-specified time, your friend will return your shares to you.

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