Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention may be provided for conducting of an auction for a loan of securities. For example, a request for an inquiry for a loan of securities may be posted on a site of a computer network, an inquiry may be received from a bidder in response to the request, one or more offers for the loan of securities may be received from one or more offerors, the inquiry may be compared with the one or more offers, and the results of the comparison may be provided to the bidder. The results may include a list of offerors, an indication as to the offeror whose offer matches best with the inquiry, or both.

Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention may be provided for conducting of an auction for a loan of securities. For example, a request to offer the loan of securities may be posted on a site of a computer network, an offer may be received from an offeror in response to the request, one or more inquiries for the loan of securities may be received from one or more bidders, the offer may be compared with the one or more inquires, and the results of the comparison may be provided to the offeror. The results may include a list of bidders, an indication as to the bidder whose inquiry matches best with the offer, or both.