The implementation of new bank regulations for liquidity, mandatory clearing, and margin requirements for OTC derivatives have caused a significant increase in demand for High Quality Liquid Assets (H...
The implementation of new bank regulations for liquidity, mandatory clearing, and margin requirements for OTC derivatives have caused a significant increase in demand for High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA). As a result, there exists a heightened need for a marketplace to facilitate large scale, cost efficient collateral transfers across the global financial eco-system. The main cost drivers and hurdles for traditional collateral transfers are capital costs associated with balance sheet usage, and settlement / operational bottlenecks associated with the delivery of securities across a fragmented securities settlement system. The vision behind HQLAᵡ is to provide market participants with a platform that helps improve collateral fluidity by creating a new, more efficient, more transparent and more cost effective marketplace for liquidity transfers. DCRs (Digital Collateral Receipts) will represent baskets of securities held for safekeeping at a trusted third party. The free exchange of DCRs will affect legal title transfer of the underlying securities that comprise the DCRs, thereby facilitating liquidity transfers without the operationally onerous requirement to move securities