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(Repo).  


The official control of markets or of other activities, usually by a system of rules, often including primary or secondary legislation.
1. ''Effective collateralisation by legal transfer of securities.''


A form of secured borrowing, using a simultaneous agreement to:


2.  
(i) Sell securities at the start of the contract, and <br>
(ii) Buy them back later at a pre-agreed (higher) price at a fixed future date.


''Law.''
A rule with legal force, designed to carry out a specific piece of legislation. Usually enforced by a regulatory agency.


The ''party selling securities'' (usually bonds, gilts, treasuries or other government or tradeable instruments) at the start of the contract is the ''borrower'', receiving cash at the start and tied to an agreement to buy the securities back at a specified later date and price.


3.  
In the event of the borrower's default, the lender (party providing the cash to the borrower) can sell the collateralised security to recoup some or all of its investment.


''European Union law''.


An act of European Union (EU) law having direct effect in all member states.
A reverse repurchase agreement (reverse repo) is the mirror image of the repo transaction, from the investor/lender’s view – and could logically have been called a “re-sale agreement”.


EU Regulations are passed either jointly by the EU Council and European Parliament, or by the EU Commission alone.


2. ''Collateralisation without legal transfer of securities.''


4.
By extension, collateralised borrowing using securities as the collateral (without legal transfer of the securities).
 
More generally, a rule to control, direct or manage an activity, organisation or system.
 
A 'regulation' - in this broadest sense - may or may not have legal authority.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Benchmarks Regulation]]
* [[Bilateral repurchase agreement]]
* [[Blocking Regulation]]
* [[Cash in the new post-crisis world]]
* [[Compliance risk]]
* [[Closing leg]]
* [[CSRC]]
* [[Global Master Repurchase Agreement]]
* [[Decision]]
* [[Tri-party repurchase agreement]]
* [[Deregulation]]
* [[Collateral]]
* [[Directive]]
* [[Haircut]]
* [[European Union ]]
* [[Monetisation]]
* [[IFR]]
* [[Opening leg]]
* [[Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation]]
* [[Repo rate]]
* [[MAR]]
* [[Reverse repo rate]]
* [[Primary legislation]]
* [[Reverse repurchase agreement]]
* [[Red tape]]
* [[RONIA]]
* [[Regtech]]
* [[Securities Financing Transaction]]
* [[Secondary legislation]]
* [[Securities Financing Transactions Regulation]]
* [[Securitisation Regulation]]
* [[Security]]
* [[SFTR]]
* [[Transparency]]
* [[Window-dressing]]




===Other links===
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/ACTmedia/Report%20on%20Regulatory%20Issues%20EACT%20Q2%202018%20for%20publication.pdf European Association of Corporate Treasurers, quarterly report on regulatory issues, July 2018]
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8409 Repos - a sign of the times, ACT 2012]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[http://www.treasurers.org/repos  ACT briefing note: Practical steps to investing in Repos ]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Revision as of 13:56, 20 November 2023

(Repo).

1. Effective collateralisation by legal transfer of securities.

A form of secured borrowing, using a simultaneous agreement to:

(i) Sell securities at the start of the contract, and
(ii) Buy them back later at a pre-agreed (higher) price at a fixed future date.


The party selling securities (usually bonds, gilts, treasuries or other government or tradeable instruments) at the start of the contract is the borrower, receiving cash at the start and tied to an agreement to buy the securities back at a specified later date and price.

In the event of the borrower's default, the lender (party providing the cash to the borrower) can sell the collateralised security to recoup some or all of its investment.


A reverse repurchase agreement (reverse repo) is the mirror image of the repo transaction, from the investor/lender’s view – and could logically have been called a “re-sale agreement”.


2. Collateralisation without legal transfer of securities.

By extension, collateralised borrowing using securities as the collateral (without legal transfer of the securities).


See also


Other links

Repos - a sign of the times, ACT 2012

ACT briefing note: Practical steps to investing in Repos