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presented. The bond market comprises the interbank bond market, the exchange bond market, and the bank counter market. The two …
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Rehypothecation is the practice that allows collateral posted by, say, a hedge fund to their prime broker to be used … again as collateral by that prime broker for its own funding. In the United Kingdom, such use of a customer’s assets by a …€™s bankruptcy, the extent of rehypothecation has declined substantially, in part because investment firms fear losing collateral if …
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Stress testing is becoming a widely used tool to assess potential vulnerabilities in a financial system. This paper is intended to answer some of the basic questions that may arise as part of the process of stress testing. The paper begins with a discussion of stress testing in a financial...
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have shifted over the past year. We estimate that the adverse impact of counterparty risk on high-grade collateral flows …
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the two main compromises: the tradeoffs between maturity and collateral, and between seniority and control. The framework …
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This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...
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. Instead it shows, first, that the use of ill-suited collateral in the secured funding operations of U.S.-based investment …
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learn from observed realizations of financial conditions. At the same time, the collateral constraint introduces a pecuniary …
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The use of collateral has become one of the most widespread risk mitigation techniques. While it brings stabilizing …
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The literature on leverage until now shows how an increase in volatility reduces leverage. However, in order to explain pro-cyclical leverage it assumes that bad news increases volatility. This paper suggests a reason why bad news is more often than not associated with higher future volatility....
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