Using a regulatory transaction-level dataset of the UK repo market, we examine the determinants of haircuts. We find that transaction maturity and collateral quality is of a first order importance in determining haircuts. We also find that counterparties matter in determining haircuts. Hedge...

We present new evidence on the structure of interbank connections in key markets: derivatives, marketable securities, repo, unsecured lending and secured lending. Taken together, these markets comprise two networks: a network of interbank exposures and a network of interbank funding. Network...

We construct a heterogeneous agent-based model of the corporate bond market capturing the interaction of market maker behaviour, fund trading strategies, and cash allocation by investors in funds to study feedback effects and the impact of market changes. The model parameters are calibrated...

Banks can be connected to each other in a number of ways. Greater interconnectedness means that stresses tend to spread more rapidly and extensively across the financial system. Various regulatory initiatives have been introduced to mitigate financial stability risks arising from...

We investigate how the pairing of dealers and customers in credit default swap (CDS) transactions is influenced by the participants' characteristics. Using data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation on trade matching decisions in the UK CDS market, we employ a matching/network...

We develop a model of dealer intermediation in bond markets that takes account of how changing regulatory requirements for banks since the financial crisis, in particular, the introduction of minimum leverage ratio requirements, affect the cost and ability of dealer banks to provide...

We study systemic illiquidity using a unique data set on UK banks' daily cash flows, short-term interbank funding and liquid asset buffers. Failure to roll-over short-term funding or repay obligations when they fall due generates an externality in the form of systemic illiquidity. We simulate a...

Collateral plays an important role in supporting a vast range of transactions that help ensure the efficient functioning of the financial system. But collateral markets also have the potential to exacerbate risks to financial stability, not least given that during periods of market stress demand...

We study the effect of counterparty risk on the stability of a banking system using stylized banking cascade models calibrated with UK exposure and balance sheet data from regulatory reports. We observe the development of a fragile phase, at which small perturbations to banks' capital reserves...

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of contagion from the US low grade asset-backed securities (ABSs) market to UK financial markets during the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis and identify the contagion channels using both a single-state vector autoregressive (VAR) model and a...