& Securities Services Stuart Jones, the Hong Kong-based chairman of the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (Pasla), said the newly added margin financing and securities lending business could prove to be important for investors. “The trend is clear that investors are looking for more alternatives and diversified products under QFII that will enable them to gain additional yield,” he told AsianInvestor. Stewart Aldcroft, managing director at Citi Markets & Securities Services, agreed the new opportunities offer a small but notable potential for returns “In lending stocks, for some cases, 1% to 2% could be added to the annual return for some market players. It might not be significant for those big players but prominent for smaller ones,” he said.