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Illya Gerasymchuk
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dealers/market makers are legally limited in their balance sheet

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Illya Gerasymchuk

2025-07-07 18:28

dealers/market makers are legally limited in their balance sheet

there are ratios that they must respect, or face legal consequences (e.g. fines)

check Basel III & Leverage Ratios for more info - I also wrote about it in my past posts

committee recommendations develop into law

dealers/market makers are legally limited in their balance sheet
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in a monthly maturity/tenor timescale - the repo funding rate has very direct effects

this makes sense - if your bond is maturing in โ‰ˆ1 month, every day is significant

so you see more immediate effects from federal reserve's SRF operations / repo funding fee increases