Securities Financing

From trade date to settlement date, our securities financing services are backed by our dedication to providing automated trading solutions to our clients

Availability

On trade date, it's all about availability. Our depth of availability not only helps to locate hard-to-borrow securities but also gives you protection against buy-ins and recalls.

CCG gives clients two ways to view available shares for shorting in real time:

• Clients can view the number of shares that are available to short, as well as the current interest rate charged on borrowed shares and the current Fed Funds rate in Trader Workstation by adding the Shortable Shares, Fee Rate and Rebate Rate columns.
• Clients can search for real-time availability of shortable stocks themselves using our fully electronic, self-service Short Stock Availability Tool. They can also choose to be notified when a borrow becomes available in shares that they were unable to short in the last week.

Transparent Rates

Our securities financing services bring transparency, reliability and efficiency to the stock loan and borrow markets using automated price discovery and improved credit-worthiness. Our stock loan and borrow rates are very competitive. We use the best market data available to measure ourselves. We use a combination of sources to develop indicative rates, which are displayed along with security availability in our automated securities financing tools.

We also display charted daily rate history and intraday time and sales of stock loan fees in the SLB Rates window, which is accessible in CCG Trader's Mosaic workspace.

Global Reach

At Caucasus Capital, global reach starts with our breadth of product offering and extends to our securities financing services. Connectivity to multiple counterparties around the globe enables our clients to execute short sale strategies. In the United States alone we have access to more than 60 counterparties, including agent lenders and broker dealers.

Our global reach doesn't stop there. We maintain dedicated, professionally-staffed SLB desks in the United States, Europe and Asia who are ready to help you with all of your securities financing needs, including stock loan and borrow questions.

Automated Tools

We provide sophisticated, automated technology to our clients, and our securities lending services are no exception. We offer a variety of stock loan and borrow tools:

• Stock Yield Enhancement Program - Earn income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account.
• Short Stock Availability – Search for real-time availability of shortable stocks with our fully electronic, self-service utility tool.
• Yield Optimizer - Compare borrow rates on hard-to-borrow stocks before you sell short using this advanced TWS trading tool.
• Pre-Borrow Program – Pre-borrow shares to decrease the chances of being bought-in on settlement date.
• FYI Notifications –Sign up to be notified when a borrow becomes available in shares that you were unable to short in the last week.