It was the classic asset - liability mismatch —
long illiquid assets financed by short liquid liabilities.
When
long illiquid assets are financed by short liabilities, all sorts of bad things can happen.
Not exact matches
Moshe Milevsky, a finance professor at Schulich and one of Canada's best - known home - ownership skeptics, has
long argued that for young people with limited means and unrealized career potential, stowing most of their wealth in a single
illiquid asset is foolhardy.
Offering periodic redemptions rather than daily redemptions gives the fund the opportunity to invest in
assets that may be considered more
illiquid in nature and higher risk, and therefore more suitable to
long - term investors.
If liquid
assets run out, which
illiquid assets will need to be realized and how
long will they last for?
Prolonged curve flattening from the aforementioned easy financial conditions (low
long - term rates) despite rising short - term rates would steadily increase institutions» vulnerability to potential balance sheet shocks, as investors continue to add low quality and
illiquid assets to «enhance returns.»
The Total
assets, on the other hand, represent all
illiquid assets such as the real estate or other
assets that can take
longer to convert into cash.
Risk that the Feds should care about is the toxic mix of
illiquid assets funded by liquid liabilities;
long liability structures r safe $ $
The idea that it's dead money is nonsense, it's a pretty
illiquid asset that has the potential for growth (at the rate of inflation or slightly higher,
long term) and provides you an annual dividend in the form of free rent.
When the liquidity premium is high, the
asset is said to be
illiquid, and investors demand additional compensation for the added risk of investing their
assets over a
longer period of time since valuations can fluctuate with market effects.
You estimate the duration of the crisis, and if it is
longer than your liquid
assets can finance, you sell some of your best
illiquid assets now, and play for time.
Illiquid assets must be funded by equity or
long - term noncallable debt, where the term is as
long as the
asset's horizon.
Because in crises, the
long assets are
illiquid, and as such the value shrinks when liquidity is prized.
It's a difficult job because the feedback cycles are so
long — especially when it comes to investing in
illiquid assets like startups (and Unicorns).