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Characterizing The Rising Settlement Fails In Seasoned Treasury Securities
Monday, January 4, 2016 6:14
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from Liberty Street Economics
– this post authored by Michael Fleming and Frank Keane
In a 2014 post, we described what settlement fails are, why they arise and matter, and how they can be measured. A subsequent post explored the determinants of the increased volume of U.S. Treasury security settlement fails in June 2014. Part of that episode reflected a steady increase in settlement fails of seasoned securities. In this post, we explore the characteristics of seasoned fails in recent years, in order to better understand the risks associated with such fails.
Source: http://econintersect.com/pages/contributors/contributor.php?post=201601040633
