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Mortgage-Backed Securities.
''Repurchase agreements''
 
A securities repurchase agreement ('repo') involves a pair of trades with the same counterparty in the same security.
 
The second trade reverses the initial sale and purchase, but at a later date and different price.
 
 
The reverse leg is the second trade in the repo.
 
It is also known as the closing, off, far, or second leg.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[CDO]]
* [[Far leg]]
* [[Quantitative easing]]
* [[Opening leg]]
* [[Refinancing risk]]
* [[Repo rate]]
* [[Covered bond]]
* [[Repurchase agreement]]
 
 
==Other resource==
*[http://www.treasurers.org/repos  ACT briefing note: Practical steps to investing in Repos ]


[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Latest revision as of 08:38, 2 July 2022

Repurchase agreements

A securities repurchase agreement ('repo') involves a pair of trades with the same counterparty in the same security.

The second trade reverses the initial sale and purchase, but at a later date and different price.


The reverse leg is the second trade in the repo.

It is also known as the closing, off, far, or second leg.


See also


Other resource