Argentine authorities are stepping up scrutiny of investor activity in repo loans, the short-term financial instruments that have seen interest rates touch record highs amid a liquidity crunch at the nation’s banks.
The central bank and local regulator CNV asked for help analyzing the real-time data they receive daily from the country’s two main exchanges, BYMA and A3, on the short-term instruments known locally as cauciones bursátiles, according to people familiar with the matter. The demand, which came last week, includes information on volumes, prices, which brokers are trading and on whose behalf, said the people, asking not to …