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BNPP overtakes Barclays in Ucits single-name CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Europe’s retail funds shed notional but used wider range of underlyings, new data shows
Fidelity, T Rowe add to sold single-stock call positions
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds, ETFs shed $2.7 billion in options notional during Q4
MMFs’ reverse repos with Fed surged 35% last year
Fidelity-run funds drove 29% of the $601 billion in new trades
Franklin Templeton takes single-stock options top spot
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds and ETFs expanded by $4 billion in Q3
BlackRock slashes book as IR swap market volume rises
Counterparty Radar: Pimco’s book surpassed $40 billion in Q2, growing to half of mutual fund space
Virtus, FT boosted sold single-stock calls amid Q2 contraction
Counterparty Radar: US mutual fund managers cut $4.3 billion in individual equity options
Bingeing on block sets: DLT could give FX its ‘Netflix moment’
Blockchain’s proponents say faster settlement times make technology akin to TV’s streaming revolution
Mutual funds dialled up bullish bets with stock options in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Market contracted by $3.9 billion as US managers decreased sold calls
Pimco, Western AM buttress sold index CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: US funds grow CDX NA HY positions by $7.2 billion in Q1
US funds sold single-stock calls, bought puts ahead of downturn
Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, Calamos built defensive positions in Q4 2021
US funds edge towards SOFR adoption
Counterparty Radar: A fifth of swap notional held in Q4 references the RFR but funds still lean on USD Libor
Pimco, Franklin Templeton affiliates top for Russia exposure
Counterparty Radar: Funds had biggest long exposures to Russia across credit, rates, FX at end of Q4
BlackRock is biggest US fund user of single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Microsoft was top underlying in latest filings, with notionals also up for Amazon and Meta
Renminbi splurge lifts BNPP, MSIM in Q1 options data
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley IM is largest options user, following series of huge renminbi calls
People moves: Huey Evans joins IHS Markit board, new tech risk head at HKeX, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Buy side builds bots to cut trade costs
With margins under pressure, investment firms are looking to accelerate automation push
The rise of the robot quant
The latest big idea in machine learning is to automate the drudge work in model-building for quants
Citi largest counterparty for Templeton currency hedges
Citi accounted for 23% of outstanding forwards at end-March
Asia moves: Nomura hires in Hong Kong, HKEx shuffles board, and more
Latest job changes across the industry