In what securities finance professionals are describing as an “hour to hour” situation, at least some firms have backed away from Credit Suisse (CS) even as it has “exercised its option to borrow from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) up to CHF 50 billion ($54.2bn) under a Covered Loan Facility”. Should securities lending and repo stop doing business with Credit Suisse or is it safe to keep going?
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