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That's what you might think, but since the Volcker rule, a lot of the kind of 'liquidity provision' (aka trading) done in the banks has now been forced into fun
by thedudeabides5 6y ago
That's what you might think, but since the Volcker rule, a lot of the kind of 'liquidity provision' (aka trading) done in the banks has now been forced into funds like Citadel.
Meaning 'too big to fail' applies to hedge funds now just like investment banks. Ala LTCM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Genius_Failed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Genius_Failed
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> Meaning 'too big to fail' applies to hedge funds now just like investment banks LTCM wasn't making markets and it was done in by leveraged bets on Russian bonds. The term you are looking for is systemically important financial institution (SIFI) [1]. BlackRock, with $9 trillion under management, is a SIFI. Citadel, with under $40 billion, is not. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemically_important_financial_institution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemically_important_financi...