Artikel

Central counterparties and liquidity provision in cash markets

This paper investigates increased liquidity provision by market makers resulting from their ability to reduce balance sheet encumbrance through the use of central counterparties (CCPs). The introduction of the Basel III leverage rule constitutes a shock to market makers' balance sheets and thus affects their capacity to intermediate trades. Using trade-by-trade data from sovereign bond markets, we show that liquidity provision by CCP members decreased to a lesser extent following the rule change. We attribute these findings to balance sheet reductions due to the netting enabled by CCPs, thereby highlighting their importance in cash markets.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Journal of Risk and Financial Management ; ISSN: 1911-8074 ; Volume: 14 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 12 ; Pages: 1-26 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification
Wirtschaft
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Subject
trading activity
liquidity provision
market making
central counterparties
Basel III

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Richter, Thomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
MDPI
(where)
Basel
(when)
2021

DOI
doi:10.3390/jrfm14120584
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  • Richter, Thomas
  • MDPI

Time of origin

  • 2021

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