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5.2.4 Reuse and rehypothecation of collateral
The FSB (2013; Chapter 10) denes rehypothecation as the right by nancial
intermediaries to sell, pledge, invest, or perform transactions with client assets
they hold and the reuse of collateral as the use of securities delivered in one
transaction to collateralize another transaction. Rehypothecation, i.e. the use
of clients’ assets to fund the operations of nancial intermediaries, has to be
authorized by the client, whereas the reuse of collateral, which is more general,
arises “naturally” as a result of contracts in which the ownership of the property
is transferred, as is the case of most contracts between nancial intermediaries.
In particular, repurchase agreements (Chapter ...