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Trump tariffs turn swap spreads into ‘pain trade’
Hedge funds bet big on Treasuries to outperform swaps. The opposite happened.

MSU endowment beats peers by ‘not minding that it hurts’
CIO Philip Zecher rides out tariff storm with long-term view; singles out ‘Mag 3’ tech stocks

Shifting credit markets could push SRT pricing wider
Rising volatility may force issuers to adjust pricing in line with broader credit spread trends

Can Bessent lower 10-year yields? Investors have their doubts
Unconventional tools won’t sway bond markets, say buy-siders, with yields as likely to go higher as lower
Risk Management
Bank of England mustering unit to model system-wide stresses
Permanent team at UK supervisor will work on buy- and sell-side interactions
Market whipsaw spurs calls to rethink buy-side stress-testing
Risk Live Boston: Morgan Stanley and BlackRock urge rethink of scenario assumptions and top-down factor models
How AI agents could become investing’s crash test dummies
Firms mull the use of chatbot simulations to test organisational set-ups
Risk.net’s top 10 investment risks for 2025
Fresh concerns this year include a trade war, a stock market crash and growing social discord
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