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Pimco, Western AM buttress sold index CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: US funds grow CDX NA HY positions by $7.2 billion in Q1
Systematic hedge funds eye outsourcing to bank algos
Cost pressures encourage new stream of clients to pass FX algo trading to banks
Bond issues stumble on liquidity drought – Aviva treasurer
Insurer’s £500 million RT1 notes narrowly avoid market freeze as ECB ends asset purchases
Podcast: Ritter on optimal execution and reinforcement learning
Hedge fund quant describes a simple rule of thumb for portfolio turnover
People moves: JPM’s quant shuffle, NatWest hires Solanki, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Ex-Deutsche CRO: banks face hundreds of billions in climate fines
Banks risk becoming a “whipping dog” in the fight against climate change, says departing risk chief
GFXC launches tool to spur buy-side adoption of FX code
Standard-setter aims to overcome “lukewarm” buy-side response with web-based prototype tool
European banks can’t escape SA-CCR hit, warns FX exec
Although not yet directly affected, EU dealers may feel regulation’s impact, says Goldman’s Wilkins
LGIM’s climate modelling shows ‘point of no return’ in 2025
Cost of limiting global warming to 1.5°C will become too great for economy within 36 months
Don’t just reach for the ’70s inflation playbook – CROs
Lack of inflation experience on risk teams not a concern, buy-siders say
One by one, dealers embrace standardised FX reject codes
Investment Association’s proposed codes finally begin to take hold after Covid setbacks
Capital Group leads charge in ballooning IR swaps market
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds flock to G10 currency trades as macro conditions worsen
Optiver overtakes SocGen and SIG in European ETF trading
Dutch market-maker moves into top three by carving out a niche in equity products
MSIM cuts third of FX options volume amid market contraction
Counterparty Radar: Manager pares $13bn of USD/RMB trades, deals blow to BNP’s market share
Capital-protected notes surge after US rate hikes
Higher cost of borrowing and equity selloffs revive old favourite of Asia’s structured products market
Libor/SOFR basis like ‘free money’ for early movers – GS trader
Sharp narrowing of basis swaps below fallback spreads has failed to open transition floodgates
Commodities threaten pain for initial margins
Market volatility and spot-based Simm approach may drive large margin spikes in little-tested asset class
LSEG Singapore NDF platform to gain from EBS London shift
New matching engine could clean up in Asia as rival facility exits Tokyo
EC official signals ‘preference’ for synthetic US Libor fix
UK regulator has resisted calls for a synthetic fallback for legacy dollar contracts
Calls grow to ease restrictions on term SOFR derivatives
Ban on interdealer trading is raising costs for end-users transitioning from Libor, banks say
Lazard and Pimco profit from shorting Hong Kong dollar
Repeat interventions from HKMA fail to revive a currency under pressure from rising US rates
Rates correlations break down amid volatility surge
Dealers say go-to hedges are now too risky as old relationships fail
Citi dominates mutual funds’ Q1 swaption expansion
Counterparty Radar: Goldman maintains commanding share of dealer business as space hits new record high
Pimco loses $400m on failed Russia CDS bets
Revised markdowns suggest bond giant has already crystallised losses on sold credit default swaps