3 times now in the last 5 days hedge funds have been called out for receiving the vast majority of their repo financing in the non-centrally cleared market, where haircuts or initial margin requirements are not necessarily applied and that this might create greater risk in times of stress. Why?
by Dismal-Jellyfish Looks like the Nellie Liang description was cutoff–here it is in full: “Staff at FSOC member agencies have been working to improve monitoring systems to identify potential emerging financial stability risks posed by highly-leveraged hedge funds. Work in this regard …
