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Leader-Follower Dynamics in Shareholder Activism
Activist shareholders play a central role in modern corporations, influencing the capital structure, business strategy, and governance of firms. Such “blockholders” range from investors who actively jawbone or break up firms to index funds that are largely passive in that they limit themselves to voting. In between, however, is a key group of blockholders that have historically focused on trading but have embraced activism as an established business strategy in the past few decades. Campaigns involving such “trading” blockholders have become ubiquitous, increasingly targeting ...
Speech
The FX Global Code: Progress Made and The Path Ahead
Remarks at FX Markets USA, New York City.
Speech
Remarks at the Next Step FX Event
Remarks at the Next Step FX Event, New York City.
Speech
Market structure and liquidity in the U.S. Treasury and agency mortgage-backed security (MBS) markets: Mortgage Bankers Association National Secondary Market Conference and Expo, New York City, May 2016
Remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association National Secondary Market Conference and Expo, New York City.
Speech
Foreign Exchange Market Structure: The Land of a Thousand Lakes
Remarks at FX Market Structure Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
Report
Liquidity and Trading Dynamics in the Off-the-Run U.S. Treasury Market
In this article, we study trading activity and liquidity of off-the-run U.S. Treasury securities. Off-the-run Treasuries are seasoned securities, account for about 98 percent of all Treasuries outstanding, and played a central role in the pandemic-fueled dash-for-cash in March 2020. Understanding these securities better can improve thinking around how market resilience might be improved. We document and discuss the evolution of trading activity and liquidity for these securities and how these attributes differ from on-the-run securities. We also consider several potential market structure ...