This added to the powerful speculation-spawning forces that were already in place: oceans of liquidity, zeal for yield and deceivingly low volatility in many markets.
Meanwhile, Geithner said the Fed's primary dealer credit facility, which was put in place to provide liquidity to such firms, is playing a significant role, despite being taken advantage of less frequently recently.
Hirschhorn put in place a "culture of data".
In light of the extensive portfolio level liquidity data to be collected by the Commission, the proposal also tasks the staff with analyzing and presenting to the Commission recommendations on whether any further fund liquidity information may be publicly disseminated without risking the potential for predatory trading or raising concerns with respect to market and investor confusion.
Mr King promised bankers this week "to put in place a liquidity facility that works in all seasons".
At the booth of Parisian Galerie Crèvecoeur, the vivid hues and sublime geological forms of Xavier Antin's Liquidity, data flows, and dirty hands lured fairgoers in like moths to a fire.
"The proposed rule would, for the first time in the United States, put in place a quantitative liquidity requirement," Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said in a statement.
In contrast to other members of the shadow banking system--like hedge funds--SIVs had inadequate mechanisms in place to protect their liquidity.
The Ministry of Finance has placed short-term deposits with commercial banks, which are in need of liquidity.
Sometimes this is discussed in terms of "liquidity" support only, but the line can become blurred between liquidity support and helping a nearly insolvent financial institution.
Liquidity risk theory posits that investors face a trade off between liquidity risk and technological risk, and are more likely to invest in earlier stages in times of liquidity crises.
