Money markets
The fundamental role of the repo market and central clearing
The authors evaluate different economic functions of repo contracts and offer a summary of the structure of government bond repo markets in core advanced economies.
Schwab’s MMF assets rose 225% through Fed’s rate-hike journey
Climb of fund managers’ ranks contrasts with slumping banking deposits
Cleared US repos hit record high as MMFs wean off Fed
Deflating tri-party volumes coincide with FICC DVP trades’ climb to $2tn
Bankers warn money market rates could hit Fed’s QT plans
Shrinking Fed bond portfolio could squeeze bank liquidity, though money funds remain flush
US commercial bank deposits see biggest drop in 50 years
Depositors pulled record $317bn in March; preliminary April figures suggest banking system still fragile
US MMFs’ holdings hit record as deposits flee banks
Funds run by JP Morgan, Fidelity and Goldman behind half of new investments in March
Metropolitan Commercial Bank crypto exit leads to higher funding costs
Withdrawals by exchanges and other clients deflates non-interest-bearing deposits
Emmi seeks to ditch ‘expert judgement’ in Euribor overhaul
Q3 consultation would centralise Level 3 submissions with administrator in bid to expand panel
MMFs’ reverse repos with Fed surged 35% last year
Fidelity-run funds drove 29% of the $601 billion in new trades
Federated’s CIO on the fight to save prime MMFs
SEC reform proposal could be final nail in coffin for institutional prime funds
Prime MMFs accept need for higher liquid asset ratios
But industry wants regulators to steer clear of mandatory swing pricing or gates
Don’t bank on it: Fed urged to widen access to new repo facility
Central clearing of SRF’s repos and less unease over its use could also buoy glitchy Treasury market
Buy-side trading system of the year: Tradeweb
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Fund industry bristles at rush to re-write MMF rules
ICI questions regulators’ assumptions about the role MMFs played in Covid-19 liquidity crunch
Measure twice before you cut: differences in Furfine-type algorithm implementations
This study focuses on the practical implementation aspects of “Furfine-type” algorithms used to identify money market loans from payments data.
The trade-off between liquidity risk and counterparty risk in money market networks
The authors examine how liquidity is exchanged in different types of Colombian money market networks (ie, secured, unsecured and the central bank’s repurchase networks) as registered in the local financial market infrastructure.
Non-US banks cut back on MMF dollar funding post-Covid – BIS
Non-bank dollar deposits offered alternative supply of greenbacks
BlackRock: fix commercial paper before MMF meddling
Iosco official agrees that CP market needs to be considered alongside MMF reform
US MMFs invested more in riskier repo trades in December
Year-end surge also occurred in 2017 and 2019
Margin calls on insurers, pension funds stoked MMF rout – ECB
Dutch firms accounted for huge share of VM payments in March
SFC’s Alder looks to shake up liquidity rules post-Covid
Asia Risk 25: HK regulatory head says central banks must “never have to step in again” to bail out investors