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OFR Publishes Repo Survey Results. Calls for Better Data Standards.

OFR Publishes Repo Survey Results. Calls for Better Data Standards.

by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale

The Office of Financial Research released results of its survey of the bilateral repo markets. The report, “The U.S. Bilateral Repo Market: Lessons from a New Survey,” provides aggregate statistics on U.S. dealers’ bilateral repo agreements and...

OFR Publishes Repo Survey Results. Calls for Better Data Standards.

Can the Right Statistics Help Us Avoid the Next Titanic Disaster?

by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 17, 2013 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Disclosure Regimes, Traditions

The latest financial crisis was marked by a spectacular lack of understanding about the astounding levels of risk that had been allowed to build up throughout the system. Regulators and risk managers realized after the fact that the data they needed to understand the...