This paper reports aggregate statistics on securities lending activity based on a recently concluded pilot data collection by staff from the Office of Financial Research (OFR), the Federal Reserve System, and staff from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In its annual reports, the...

Securities loans collateralized by cash are by far the most popular form of securities-lending transaction. But when the cash collateral associated with these transactions is actively reinvested by a lender’s agent, potential risks emerge. This study argues that the standard compensation...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Trends in Economic Research on Systemic Risk -- 3 Systemic Risk in Ecology and Engineering -- 4 The Payments System and the Market for Interbank Funds -- 5 Concluding Observations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A:...