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Author:Tian, Mary 

Discussion Paper
Assessment of Dealer Capacity to Intermediate in Treasury and Agency MBS Markets

We provide an assessment of broker-dealers’ current and future capacity to support the smooth functioning of the Treasury and agency MBS markets, considering increases in Treasury issuance and continued Federal Reserve balance sheet normalization. Drawing on regulatory data analysis, recent research, and experiences with fixed income market functioning, we focus on two types of constraints that are most relevant for dealers’ intermediation activities: regulatory constraints—specifically the minimum Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) requirement at the Bank Holding Company (BHC) ...
FEDS Notes , Paper 2024-10-22

Working Paper
Risk-averse Dealers in a Risk-free Market - The Role of Trading Desk Risk Limits

Self-imposed risk limits effectively limit dealers' appetite for risks and their capacity to intermediate in Treasury markets in times of market stress. Using granular and high frequency regulatory data on US dealers' Treasury securities trading desk positions and desk-level Value-at-Risk limits, we show that dealers are more inclined to reduce their positions as they get closer to their internal risk limit, consistent with such limit being meaningful and costly for traders to breach. Dealers actively manage their inventories away from their limits by selling longer-term securities and ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2025-034

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