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Recent Developments in Hedge Funds’ Treasury Futures and Repo Positions: is the Basis Trade “Back"?

In short, the answer is "probably", at least to some degree. This note summarizes recent developments in hedge funds' Treasury futures and repo positions derived from the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Traders in Financial Futures data and the Office of Financial Research's ("OFR") Cleared Repo Collection.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2023-08-30-2

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Reaching for Duration and Leverage in the Treasury Market

We show substantial variation in mutual funds' use of Treasury futures, both over time and across funds. This variation from mutual funds drives much of the time series variation in aggregate Treasury futures open interest, including over 60% of the recent rise in Treasury futures positions. We provide evidence these Treasury futures positions are largely attributable to mutual funds “reaching for duration†in order to track the duration of a benchmark index with high cash Treasury exposure. Specifically, we show mutual funds use futures to fill the gap between their portfolio and ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2024-039

Report
Reducing moral hazard at the expense of market discipline: the effectiveness of double liability before and during the Great Depression

Prior to the Great Depression, regulators imposed double liability on bank shareholders to ensure financial stability and protect depositors. Under double liability, shareholders of failing banks lost their initial investment and had to pay up to the par value of the stock in order to compensate depositors. We examine whether double liability was effective at mitigating bank risks and providing a safety net for depositors before and during the Great Depression. We first develop a model that demonstrates two competing effects of double liability: a direct effect that constrains bank risk ...
Staff Reports , Paper 869

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