2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  The ECB is currently exploring aspects related to collateral velocity – in other words the rate of use and reuse of collateral. Some studies 1 have estimated that collateral is reused around three times on average, however, there are indications that this rate has declined since the onset of the financial crisis.
As such, further work could provide a clearer picture across a wider range of assets and markets, with triparty collateral management systems serving as a good starting point to better grasp the rate of reuse in secured financing markets.