Not exact matches
But mostly what we do is actually something called a
repo, which is we lend or borrow money from the banking system
against collateral (normally a government
security), but also bank paper as well.
When an open position in an SF
Repo has matured and the Reserve Bank has agreed to contract a new SF
Repo against the same
security for settlement on the same day, the Reserve Bank may permit the cash and
security movements in the two transactions to be netted for the purposes of settlement.
Within the Austraclear system, eligible counterparties for SF
Repos are able to unilaterally execute such repos against Australian Government Securities and semi-government securi
Repos are able to unilaterally execute such
repos against Australian Government Securities and semi-government securi
repos against Australian Government
Securities and semi-government s
Securities and semi-government
securitiessecurities.
By financing
securities short term through the
repo market, those financing
securities left themselves open to the risk that lending terms change
against them.