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Pledged Share Stock Loans Increase Year on Year Allowing Clients To Access Better Stock Loan Financing Pledged share stock loan financing is more popular than ever as an alternative source of liquidity for significant shareholders in UK-listed companies. We explore the reasons why the market has reached new highs in the last two years – and what will drive its growth from here. Loans backed by pledged shares in UK-listed companies are taking off as a growing number of investors look to raise money from their shareholdings. Platinum Global are an institutional investment broker that specialises in long-term asset-backed financing. The number of equity-backed loans disclosed by directors of UK-listed companies more than doubled in 2020 compared with the previous year. Based on the trend

Chinese tycoons Jack Ma and Joe Tsai have pledged part of their combined $35bn (£25bn) stake in Alibaba in exchange for large pledged share loans from investment banks. The share pledges, which were made to lenders including UBS, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, were made by offshore companies that control half of the two billionaire’s stake in the eCommerce giant, which totaled 5.8 per cent in December. The amounts of the share pledges were not disclosed but the pair have repeatedly borrowed against their stock since Alibaba’s US listing in 2014, according to documents seen by the Financial Times. Share pledges allow banks to accept stock as collateral for loans but the borrower retains ownership of the shares. Ma and Tsai, who are Alibaba’s two