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Educational Resources
Independent, educational guides on how shareholders access liquidity from listed equity holdings across Asia-Pacific — covering stock loans, margin financing, and share-backed financing, with definitions, comparisons, illustrative mechanics, and risks.
Published by the Squadron Capital editorial and research team. Last reviewed: 20 August 2026.
Topic hubs
Lombard Loans & Portfolio Financing
Understand Lombard credit, eligible investment portfolios, margin calls and concentration risks, with practical considerations for Hong Kong, Singapore and other Asia-Pacific markets.
Securities-Backed Lending: Terms Compared
Compare securities-based lending, stock loans, share financing, portfolio credit and single-stock financing—and distinguish financing from securities borrowing.
Stock Loans Across Asia-Pacific
What a stock loan is, how it compares with margin financing, the main risks, and market-by-market guides for HKEX, SGX, SET, Bursa Malaysia, and other Asia-Pacific exchanges.
Margin Financing Across Asia-Pacific
How margin financing works, how margin calls and floating rates behave, illustrative loan-to-value mechanics, key risks, and guides for major Asia-Pacific markets.
Share-Backed Financing Across Asia-Pacific
A broad category using listed equities as collateral — definitions, structures, a comparison with bank margin facilities, risks, and market-by-market guides.
Shareholder financing guides
Answer-first guides with comparison tables and FAQs on every major shareholder financing topic.
- Non-recourse financing against listed shares
- How to choose an equity-backed financing provider
- Single stock financing
- Equity financing for listed shareholders
- Share pledge financing
- Pre-IPO financing and support
- Margin financing vs stock loan
- Lombard loan vs stock loan vs margin financing
- HK stock loans vs margin vs share-backed financing
- HKEX controlling-shareholder share pledges
- Securities-backed lending terms compared
- Borrowing against shares: AU, SG, HK, MY
- Multi-currency share financing
- Stock Connect shares as collateral
- Share buyback and option-exercise financing
- Share pledge costs and stamp duty
- Disclosure obligations for share financing
- Family office and founder liquidity
中文指南
Hong Kong cornerstone guides
Detailed guides for shareholders holding positions on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).
Hong Kong Stock Loans & HKEX Share-Backed Financing
Cornerstone guide for HKEX shareholders: definitions, eligibility, loan-to-value and rate mechanics, SFC disclosure context, risks, and primary sources.
Hong Kong Margin Loans & HKEX Securities Margin Financing
HIBOR and Prime Rate mechanics, illustrative LTV and margin-call examples, a bank-versus-specialist comparison, risks, and eligibility and disclosure context.
Hong Kong Share-Backed Financing & Private Wealth Lending
Structures, common use cases, a comparison with bank margin facilities, currency considerations, risks, and disclosure context for HKEX-listed positions.
Compare shareholder liquidity routes
Selling shares, a block transaction, portfolio financing and direct capital involve different trade-offs. Our Asia-Pacific shareholder liquidity comparison explains concentration, recourse and exit considerations, with a practical diligence checklist.
About these resources
These guides are maintained by the Squadron Capital editorial and research team and draw on official Asia-Pacific market and regulatory sources. They explain market structures and concepts across jurisdictions and are updated periodically. Illustrations are simplified and hypothetical, and no current rates or ranges are stated. This resource focuses on Asia-Pacific markets and does not cover United States markets.