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...

This paper studies the impact of the ECB's Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP) announcement on prices, liquidity and debt issuance in the European corporate bond market using a dataset on bond transactions from Euroclear. I find that the QE programme increased prices and liquidity of...

This paper studies exchange-traded funds' (ETFs) price impact in the most ETF-dominated asset classes: volatility (VIX) and commodities. I propose a modelindependent approach to replicate the VIX futures contract. This allows me to isolate a non-fundamental component in VIX futures prices that...

We document that the carry of crypto futures, i.e., the difference between futures and spot prices, can become very large (up to 60% p.a.) and varies strongly over time. This behavior is most consistent with the existence of a highly volatile crypto convenience yield that stems from two main...