Are There Too Many Ways to Clear and Settle Secured Financing Transactions?

Adam Copeland, Frank M. Keane and Jenny Phan

No 20230508, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: The New York Fed’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) recently released a consultative white paper on clearing and settlement processes for secured financing trades (SFT) involving U.S. Treasury securities. The paper describes the many ways that Treasury SFTs are cleared and settled— information that may not be readily available to all market participants. It also identifies potential risk and resiliency issues, and so promotes discussion about whether current practices have room for improvement. This work is timely given the SEC’s ongoing efforts to improve transparency and lower systemic risk in the Treasury market by increasing the prevalence of central clearing. In this post, we summarize the current state of clearing and settlement for Treasury SFTs and highlight some of the key risks described in the white paper.

Keywords: treasuries; clearing; settlement; secured financing transaction; Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05-08
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