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Pimco powers BNP Paribas to top of repo rankings
Counterparty Radar: French dealer grew its repurchase book by 65% in first quarter
Citi’s single-name CDS book with retail funds doubled in Q1
Counterparty Radar: New trades with PGIM totalling $2.4 billion return Citi to top of dealer rankings
Chinese banks expected to launch TLAC market onshore
Estimated issuance needs of $510 billion are heavy, but thought to be manageable
US retail funds continue to ditch inflation hedges
Counterparty Radar: Aggregate notional drops 27% in Q1 as Pimco unwinds more swaps
Op risk data: Aussie insurers caught out in chronic pricing misconduct
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PGIM trades reinforce Citi’s credit options stronghold
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds’ aggregate notional drops to lowest levels since late 2020 in Q1
Pimco returns to sold index CDS growth
Counterparty Radar: Market for US retail funds sheds $5.2 billion in volume in Q1
Deutsche Bank’s swaptions trading with US retail funds soars
Counterparty Radar: Space grows 6% in Q1 as Citi’s book of business also surges
Fidelity FX forwards trades propel BofA to top dealer spot
Counterparty Radar: Bank of America leads dealer rankings in Q1 for the first time
Asia moves: Senior hires at BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon and more
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IR swaps market for US funds rebounds in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Notional traded by mutual funds, ETFs bounces back to early-2022 levels
State Street triples repo book to become top US fund dealer
Counterparty Radar: Pimco trades boost Boston bank as sector volumes hold steady in Q4
Citi catapults to top credit options dealer spot for US funds
Counterparty Radar: Market for mutual funds, ETFs continues to shrink in Q4 as Pimco, PGIM further cut exposures
Large US funds shrink exposure to top FX forward counterparties
Smaller managers increase top-dealer allocations as big beasts pull back
BMR grows bought single-name CDS book as market slumps
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut $1.5 billion in sold swap positions in Q4
Capital Group, BMR double down on bought index CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds contracts in Q4 for the first time in eight quarters
First CAD, yen inflation swaps appear in mutual fund filings
Counterparty Radar: Western Asset slashed inflation bets in Q4 as Empower probes new frontiers
Morgan Stanley scores big with swaption trades
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds increase pace of transition from USD Libor to SOFR in Q4 2022
Putnam adds $18bn to interest rate swaps book
Counterparty Radar: Market for mutual funds and ETFs grew to $677 trillion in Q4 2022
Pimco nearly halves FX forwards book in Q4
Counterparty Radar: West Coast manager’s 45% cuts send Morgan Stanley to fifth place in dealer rankings
MMFs’ reverse repos with Fed surged 35% last year
Fidelity-run funds drove 29% of the $601 billion in new trades
US retail funds further slash repo borrowing
Counterparty Radar: Manager activity in Q3 2022 lowest in nearly three years; BofA surpasses JP Morgan as top dealer
Capital Group spearheads mutual fund trim of IR swaps books
Counterparty Radar: Manager cut 70% of its position in Q3 as space shed roughly $174 billion in holdings
PGIM cuts corporate CDSs as US funds shed volume
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley retains top dealer spot in single-name CDS trades for mutual funds