# kaal:claim:2748096-008

**Claim.** Market events like the LTCM failure can escalate into global financial crises when many highly leveraged hedge funds holding illiquid portfolios are obligors of a small number of major financial institutions, because adverse price movements dry up credit and depress collateral values.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- high leverage
- illiquid fund portfolios
- concentration of lending among few major financial institutions
- adverse fluctuations in market prices

**Source quote.**

> A large part of the literature recognizes that market events such as the LTCM failure may lead to global financial crises if many highly leveraged hedge funds with illiquid portfolios are obligors of a small number of major financial institutions

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy A. Krause, *Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk* (2016), THE DEBATE ON HEDGE FUNDS' SYSTEMIC RISK, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy A. Krause, Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2748096

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**Topics.** defi, systemic-risk

**Keywords.** leverage, illiquidity, counterparty-concentration, contagion, ltcm

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2470008-005

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