Australian pension fund Unisuper suspends stock lending as markets slump

Australian pension fund Unisuper suspends stock lending as markets slump

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia. Photo by Frans on Unsplash

Australian pension fund UniSuper said on Monday it would suspend its stock lending programme indefinitely and recall all shares currently out on loan, as global markets plunge on worries about the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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