treasury auctions and the secondary treasury markets
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Treasury Auctions and the Secondary Treasury Markets. Presented by Taro Nakano. Agenda. Treasury Auction Auction Cycle and Process Bidding Basis Primary Dealers Secondary Market Type of Market Regulation . Auction Cycle. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announces - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PRESENTED BY
TARO NAKANO
Treasury Auctions and the Secondary Treasury
Markets
Agenda
Treasury Auction Auction Cycle and Process Bidding Basis Primary Dealers
Secondary Market Type of Market Regulation
Auction Cycle
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announces the amount of each issue to be auctioned auction date maturities to be issued
Two bidding basis Competitive bidding basis Noncompetitive bids Single-price auction
Competitive vs. Noncompetitive Bidding
Noncompetitive bidding
small investors and individuals
Bids are submitted in terms of quantity
guaranteed to receive securities
limited to $1 million per auction for bills and $5 million for coupon issues
Competitive bidding
primary dealers for their own accounts, or on behalf of customers
Bids are submitted in terms of yield or discount rate
Not guaranteed to receive securities
Primary Dealer
A bank or securities broker-dealer may trade directly with
the Federal Reserve System ("the Fed")
Non-Primary Dealer must deposit the
amount in cash must submit in advance
an amount equal to the full face value of the securities bid
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.Barclays Capital Inc.Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLCDaiwa Capital Markets America Inc.Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.Goldman, Sachs & Co.HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.Jefferies & Company, Inc.J.P. Morgan Securities LLCMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedMF Global Inc. Mizuho Securities USA Inc.Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedNomura Securities International, Inc.RBC Capital Markets, LLCRBS Securities Inc.SG Americas Securities, LLC UBS Securities LLC.
Feb 2, 2011 data from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Secondary Market
Over -the-counter market Dealers continuously bid and ask Virtual 24 hour trading 3 primary trading location
New York London Tokyo
On -the-run issueOff-the-run issue
Well off-the-run issue
The Secondary Market Contd
When-Issued Market (WI Market)
Announcement Auction Not exceed 35% in any one auction
Salomon Brothers Scandal 1991
Government Broker
Regulation of Secondary Market
Exempt from most SEC provisions and rule No reporting of trade No need to disclose the bid-ask spread
Make it difficult for customers to monitor the pricing practice
Repo Market
Treasury Security = Collateral for a loanRepo rate
Rate is less than the cost of the financing Term of the loan
Overnight repo Term repo
Repurchase Agreement Sales price – repurchase price = interest cost of the
loan
Summary
Process of Treasury AuctionsOver -the-counter marketWI MarketRepo Market
References
WikipediaPUBLIC DEBT NEWS -April 12, 2011-
(http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2011/R_20110412_2.pdf)
Primary Dealers List(http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
pridealers_listing.html)
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