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Anacapa’s rapid-fire options strategy hits the target
Investment firm’s novel take on volatility selling avoided big drawdowns in 2020 and 2022
Republican SEC may focus on fixed income – Peirce
Commissioner also wants a revival of finders’ exemption, more guidance for UST clearing
Chicago pits power IMC’s institutional options push
Talking Heads: IMCX lures 100 asset managers, while Dash partnership bolsters retail execution
Rob Arnott finds a ‘sweet spot’ for public spending
Veteran buy-sider sees an investing case for small government
AB’s faith in ‘magnificent others’ starts to pay off
Talking heads: Hybrid quant and fundamental approach proves its mettle as mega-cap magic begins to tarnish
FDIC’s McKernan wants single capital stack in Basel III endgame
Rebuffing Barr’s offer of a partial rollback, Republican director also targets op risk framework
Inside Nomura’s European equities rebuild
Talking Heads: Global chief Simon Yates also addresses US crowding and Japan’s prospects post-carry trade
Ninety One sees opportunity in overlooked private credit niche
Sponsorless deals offer as much as twice the return, says investment manager
TwentyFour’s ABS chief on skirting ‘overbaked’ deals as issuance booms
Some new issuers are pricing tighter than is sensible, says Aza Teeuwen
Finland’s Ilmarinen goes back to basics
Talking Heads: Once one of the few funds that would enter bank risk recycling trades, recent overcrowding has seen it pivot to listed equities
Supply chain decoupling fires up alpha focus at BofA
Talking Heads: Stock dispersion sees funds gross up on long/short baskets, while US structured notes come of age
FX data champion outlines transparency push
Stuart Simmons, new head of GFXC working group, wants trading platforms to come clean on how they use client data
Brooklyn’s robot analyst cuts costs by four-fifths
In tests, direct indexer’s model picks portfolios for review with near-perfect accuracy
Let’s grow the third-party risk playbook – CME security chief
CrowdStrike outage highlights need for financial sector to adjust its game plan
Hedge fund’s bots hunt for ‘non-linear’ trade signals
Boutique investment firm Goose Hollow uses LLMs to scrape thousands of news sources, searching for links that others miss
Skylight finds an opening in consensus pricing
Service provider claims key factors differentiate its own offer from the market leader’s
How APG is navigating overhaul of Dutch pensions
Firm is helping two funds move on to defined-contribution contracts, but it won't be plain sailing
How Jupiter times factors in uncertain markets
Asset manager is seeking to avoid momentum and value drawdowns
FXSpotStream looks to growth products beyond spot
New chief exec Jeff Ward highlights NDFs and FX swaps as next boom area for the venue
How Ally found the key to GenAI at the bottom of a teacup
Risk-and-tech chemistry – plus Microsoft’s flexibility – has seen US lender leap from experiments to execution
Sustainable bond markets miss an options trick
A derivatives mindset could boost lagging sustainability-linked market, argues climate think-tank