OCBC sets up securities financing unit to mobilise idle assets

Customers have the chance to earn fee income from lending out their idle securities.

OCBC has established a dedicated securities financing unit to meet institutional clients’ demand.

The unit will mobilise lendable securities, both equities and fixed income, from customers across OCBC Bank and its subsidiaries— OCBC Securities, Bank of Singapore, and Great Eastern— to meet securities financing demand.

It is also expected to create opportunities for these customers to earn fee income by lending out their idle securities.

The unit will sit within OCBC’s global markets division.

Jansen Chua will spearhead the unit. Chua joined OCBC as head of securities finance just on 2 January 2026. He reports to Kenneth Lai, head of global markets.

Chua joined OCBC from State Street Bank & Trust Company, where he was a senior managing director and head of financing solutions for Asia Pacific.

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