Pension funds miss out on ETF lending - Updated

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GLOBAL - Pension funds are missing out on the benefits of using exchange traded funds within their securities lending programmes, industry experts said.

Speaking at the Securities Financing Forum organised in London by Data Explorers, BlackRock director Keshava Shastry said pension funds are often not aware they can lend ETFs and therefore "a lot o...

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