Liquidity Regulation and Financial Intermediaries
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Liquidity Regulation and Financial Intermediaries
Liquidity Regulation and Financial Intermediaries
Date Written: July 1, 2019
Abstract
The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requires banks to hold enough liquidity to withstand a 30-day run. We study the effects of the LCR on broker-dealers, the financial intermediaries at the epicenter of the 2008-09 crisis. The LCR brings some financial stability benefits, including a significant maturity extension of triparty repos backed by lower-quality collateral, and the accumulation of larger liquidity pools. However, it also leads to less liquidity transformation by broker-dealers. We also discuss the liquidity risks not addressed by the LCR. Finally, we show that a major source of fire-sale risk was self-corrected before the introduction of post-crisis regulations.
Keywords: Broker-Dealers, Repos, Liquidity Coverage Ratio, Basel III
JEL Classification: G24, G28, E58
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