Hedge funds and financial stability: Regulating prime brokers will mitigate systemic risks

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-297

  King, Michael R ^a   Maier, Philipp ^b  

^a BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

^b BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counterparty risk; Hedge funds; LCFIs; Regulation; Systemic crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349117672     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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