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Pimco and Vanguard slash FX forwards trading with BNP Paribas
Counterparty Radar: French bank sees its notional with mutual funds halve
Hedge funds pile into short volatility QIS options
New twist on capturing vol premium remains popular despite mixed performance in August vol spike
People: All fall in at Citi, TD turbulence, and more
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CME’s FX Link sees bumper volumes as dealer use cases grow
Offsetting rates impact and FX swaps price discovery cited as new reasons to use venue
Asia moves: senior hires at Citi, BNP Paribas, and more
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Goldman Sachs retakes top FXO dealer spot with mutual funds
Counterparty Radar: Trades with SEI Investments boosts US bank to top spot
Citi revealed as top index CDS dealer to Ucits funds
Counterparty Radar: Novel data shows US banks captured nearly 90% of uncleared notional volume in European markets
New data reveals Pimco is top Ucits interest rate swaps user
Counterparty Radar: US managers and dealers reign supreme in European retail fund space
People: Masters moves into FNZ, Two Sigma founders step back, and more
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Cashflow volatility lowest in four years at big US banks
Maturity mismatch add-ons ease up, but BNY Mellon, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and State Street buck trend in Q2
Credit options notional for top US dealers soars 45.3%
Investor demand for puts and calls drives balances near Q1 2022 record
US G-Sibs’ SLR exposures top record for second consecutive quarter
Aggregate leverage exposures up $455 billion in H1
Top US dealers shun least liquid assets for HQLAs
Charles Schwab bucks trend with move toward Level 2
Op risk data: Payday lender Skytrail sees $1.4bn disappear
Also: Cartel claims cost European bond dealers dearly, plus oil price gouging and crypto cover-ups. Data by ORX News
Citi, Barclays raise FCM target residual interest 28% in June
Backstop funds also marginally up as a proportion of required customer funds
Traders flipped long yen vol ahead of market rout
Hedge funds and real money bought long yen volatility in the run-up to Monday’s turmoil
Coex Partners hires former Citi head of FX Apac sales
Matt Long joins Coex in Singapore to oversee FX execution and trading strategy for regional clients
FX venues improve ‘stickiness’, Citi review finds
Improvements in tech stability, execution quality and bespoke services appease users
People: New brooms at NatWest and Tradeweb; MUFG splits rates, and more
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Op risk data: UBS takes a giant Greensill pill
Also: Nasdaq insider trading rap; Trafigura travesty; further Citi fat-finger fail. Data by ORX News
Can Citi’s XVA desk help solve risk data failings?
Resolution plan reviews exposed material limitations in banks’ ability to unwind derivatives