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A Transparency Standard for Derivatives

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  • Viral V. Acharya

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Derivatives exposures across large financial institutions often contribute to - if not necessarily create - systemic risk. Current reporting standards for derivatives exposures are nevertheless inadequate for assessing these systemic risk contributions. In this paper, I explain how a transparency standard, in contrast to the current standard, would facilitate such risk analysis. I also demonstrate that such a standard is implementable by providing examples of existing disclosures from large dealer firms in their quarterly filings. These disclosures often contain useful firm-level data on derivatives, but due to a lack of standardization, they cannot be aggregated to assess the risk to the system. I highlight the important contribution that reporting the "margin coverage ratio" (MCR), namely the ratio of a derivatives dealer's cash (or liquidity, more broadly) to its contingent collateral or margin calls in case of a significant downgrade of its credit quality, could make toward assessing systemic risk contributions.
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  • Viral V. Acharya, 2012. "A Transparency Standard for Derivatives," NBER Chapters, in: Risk Topography: Systemic Risk and Macro Modeling, pages 83-95, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Mr. Manmohan Singh, 2010. "Collateral, Netting and Systemic Risk in the OTC Derivatives Market," IMF Working Papers 2010/099, International Monetary Fund.
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    3. Robert L. McDonald, 2012. "Measuring Margin," NBER Chapters, in: Risk Topography: Systemic Risk and Macro Modeling, pages 65-82, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Robert S. Steigerwald, 2015. "Central Counterparty Clearing and Systemic Risk Regulation," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Anastasios G Malliaris & William T Ziemba (ed.), THE WORLD SCIENTIFIC HANDBOOK OF FUTURES MARKETS, chapter 7, pages 181-246, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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