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Rising inflation may spare smaller middle-market lenders
PennantPark bets that picking the right entrepreneur can protect private credit from rising prices
How State Street came to vote against polluting companies
SSGA will vote against companies that do too little on climate, but won’t abandon them entirely
NatWest’s PB chief on not changing course after Archegos
Marcus Butt believes diversity of clients, both in size and type, is the best way to manage risk
A quant’s view on protecting stock-pickers from themselves
Ex-Citadel, Millennium risk manager says fundamental investors have much still to improve
How Brexit split Aegon’s euro swaps book
Years-long effort saw trades quietly move to Frankfurt – but firm wants continued access to LCH
Mizuho tries its hand in European rates
Japanese bank bets on handful of deep relationships to compete in crowded European market
Stronger together: CLS’s chief risk officer on risk culture
Deborah Hrvatin discusses integrated risk management, mega-hacks and model risk
How to trade like the investor who made $1bn in a day
Mark Spitznagel won’t reveal how he made a 4,144% return, but he does discard plenty of rival trades
This quant firm cut 90% of its compute costs. Here’s how
Quantbot Technologies uses ‘smart data routing’ to stop runaway spending on data and computing
Sunil Cutinho on CME’s crisis performance
Maverick clearing house boss dismisses the need for anti-procyclicality tools imposed by regulators
Zurich’s Scott: don’t levy climate risk capital charges
Imposing set-asides based on stress tests “does not make any sense”, sustainability chief warns watchdogs
Inside Wells Fargo’s bid to take on big FX players
The third-largest US bank by assets plans to use big corporate flows to lure institutional clients
Quantum kit offers HFTs ‘100-fold’ speed boost
After spotting FX arbitrage opportunities, new tech faces real-world test in Japanese stocks
Quant fund aims to tame bitcoin, and 39 other digital assets
Ex-Morgan Stanley, Winton vets reimagine institutional risk management for volatile crypto markets
Invesco bets on new tech to refine its FX trading
Home-grown tool will improve order routing and execution strategies, asset manager believes
Going it alone: Lombard Odier steers clear of investing crowd
Research head Tabachnik says strategies like intraday momentum are victims of their own popularity
Some dealers are much cheaper than others; now you know who
New system will name the three cheapest dealers for liquid securities and show how much they cost
Factor woes prove need for better timing – QuantZ’s Sharma
Investors should switch between factors as alphas change, says quant
Seismology models sound out safe ground for DG Partners
Quake technology helps quant firm time entry and exit points – and buck trend-following trend
CanDeal ideal: could Canada make a sea-change in e-trading?
E-trading firm aims to capture all Canada’s electronic fixed income trade, requiring a culture shift
Nordea CRO – a ‘controls freak’ meets Covid
Flexible checks and balances at bank's asset management arm kept risks within tolerance
Ex-SunGard chief Cris Conde’s random walk to fintech and beyond
Technologist talks artificial intelligence, angel investing and accidentally contributing to the Basel framework
BoE reassures foreign banks on post-Brexit booking models
EU banks that lost passporting rights after Brexit are unlikely to have to establish UK subsidiaries
The hidden effects of stress on risk takers
Trader turned neuroscientist urges financial firms to monitor trader physiology, hire fewer physicists