Manac, Radu and Banti, Chiara and Kellard, Neil (2024) How does standardization affect OTC markets in the long term? Evidence from the Small Bang reform in the CDS market. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 96 (Octobe). p. 102043. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102043
Manac, Radu and Banti, Chiara and Kellard, Neil (2024) How does standardization affect OTC markets in the long term? Evidence from the Small Bang reform in the CDS market. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 96 (Octobe). p. 102043. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102043
Manac, Radu and Banti, Chiara and Kellard, Neil (2024) How does standardization affect OTC markets in the long term? Evidence from the Small Bang reform in the CDS market. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 96 (Octobe). p. 102043. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102043
Abstract
Focusing on the most liquid segment of the European CDS market, this paper studies the impact of a key standardization reform, known as the CDS Small Bang. We document that the reform provided unexpected long-term consequences. Particularly, we show that the introduction of an upfront fee to standardize the cash flow of CDS contracts created an initial capital cost for traders, which acts as a friction that increases CDS prices. This relation holds after accounting for well-known determinants of spreads, suggesting a separate funding channel driven by the greater capital intensity of trading. This effect grows in magnitude for several years following the implementation of the reform, becomes stronger when dealers are likely to bear the initial capital cost and is present across all industries, except for swaps written on financials shortly after the reform was introduced.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Credit default swaps; CDS small bang; Funding costs |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2024 15:33 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:13 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38932 |
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