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Significant portions of their assets have frequently been financed by large dealer banks through short-term (overnight) repurchase agreements, where creditors possess bank securities as a safeguard against default losses. Below is a table showing the quarter-end financing distribution for four A-rated broker-dealer banks, with all figures expressed in USD billion.
Financial instruments | Bank P | Bank Q | Bank R | Bank S |
---|---|---|---|---|
Owned | 656 | 750 | 339 | 835 |
Pledged as collateral | 258 | 472 | 139 | 209 |
Not pledged | 398 | 278 | 200 | 626 |
Given the scenario where repo creditors become equally concerned about the solvency of each bank, which bank is at the highest risk of encountering a liquidity crisis?