First, important classes of generally unlevered investors (for example, pension funds) are reportedly finding it difficult in the present low interest rate environment to meet nominal return targets and may be reaching for yield by assuming greater interest-rate and credit risk  4  Results of the Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms are available on the Board’s website at www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/releases/scoos.htm.
5  Summary statistics for the U.S. triparty repo market are available dating back to May 2010 on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website at www.newyorkfed.org/tripartyrepo/margin_data.html. 4  BIS central bankers’ speeches  in their portfolios. While some investors have also apparently boosted returns by increasing leverage, we see little evidence at present that this behavior is occurring on any significant scale.