Shadow Banking et repo : le point de vue du FSB

« Recommendation 8: Regulation of secured funding markets, in particular repos (repurchase agreements) and securities lending should be assessed carefully and further enhanced from the prudential perspective as necessary.

The secured funding markets, in particular repos (repurchase agreements) and securities lending, were at the heart of the development of shadow banking activities prior to the crisis by (i) facilitating the use of securitisation products in financial transactions as a source of collateral for funding; (ii) providing a source of apparently low-risk, short-term ...