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Repurchase Agreement (Repo)

A form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities, where the dealer sells the government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.
Repurchase Agreement (Repo) News
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State Street launches tri-party service on Collateral+ platform

The tri-party service release is timed to meet buy-side needs under UMR Phase 5, with addition of tri-party functions for securities lending, repo and peer-to-peer transactions by end of 2021
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OFR adopts final rule for US repo market

The US Office of Financial Research has adopted a final rule to establish a data collection covering centrally cleared funding transactions in the US repurchase agreement market
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Northern Trust claims a Canadian first

Northern Trust is set to implement a direct clearing of cash and repurchase agreement trades for fixed income securities through the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation
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New York Fed begins publishing three reference rates

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has started the publication of three reference rates based on overnight repurchase agreement (repo) transactions collateralised by Treasury securities
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First securities lending conference of the year

GSF Summit 2011: New regulations force liquidity and collateral management solutions on a global scale. Taking place in Luxembourg on 19 and 20 January with a record number of 700+ participants registered from over 30 countries.
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Tri-Party Repo Reform

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the publication of a white paper on the work of the Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement (Repo) Infrastructure Reform Task Force. The white paper highlights policy concerns over weaknesses