Tag: repurchase agreement

Due to regulatory requirements, banks are keen to promote repos to cash-rich corporates. They certainly offer a different risk return profile, but it is questionable how appetising the product is.

Repos are an important investment option for renminbi money market funds. But some corporate treasurers are concerned about collateral quality and counterparty risk. Download JP Morgan Asset Management’s white paper to understand why the repo is the largest and most liquid money market instrument in Chinese markets.

The FASB has updated its repurchase agreements (repo) guide, a measure designed to end the accounting sleight of hand used by now defunct Lehman Brothers to polish its balance sheet.

India's interim budget cuts excise taxes to stimulate domestic economy; Bank Indonesia has overseen wide agreement on an MRA that paves the way for rupiah money markets; IMF working paper contrasts with China's view of shadow banking.