Hedging
Patience pays off for XVA desks in wild week of tariff swings
Dealers avoided knee-jerk reactions that could have caused credit spreads to widen further
Hedging playbook goes ‘out the window’ as Trump tariffs slam markets
Dispersion, put spreads and VKOs paid off as stocks plunged, but outlook remains wildly uncertain
Corporates hamstrung in response to FX volatility
Restrictions around hedging programmes leave US firms struggling to adapt to dollar weakness
Commodity price insurance, an alternative to swaps?
ChAI founder eyes metals and power for expansion after selling first hedges for recycled materials
AmEx derivatives book grows on interest rate swap surge
Receive-fixed swaps dominate hedging portfolio as clearing rate spikes
Fed’s NBFI scenario may be more use than CCAR – experts
Main severely adverse scenario does not capture contagion risks from any squeeze on non-banks
‘Trump slump’ hedges rise on rate cut fears
One dealer notes fivefold increase in number of clients hedging against possibility of faster rate cuts
QIS 3.0 ‘bonanza’: hedge funds pivot from options to swaps
Pod-level scramble for max-loss exposure gives way to central risk books seeking overlays
Navigating risk horizons: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of corporate risk management
The authors conduct a bibliometric analysis of 100 research papers to identify trends within corporate risk management.
Legal battle over Italian swaps drags on, frustrating dealers
Despite banks claiming victory in London over disputed interest rate swaps, parallel Italian proceedings could delay payouts
Trump’s tariff threats stress London gold market
Cost of funding customer positions has shot up 10,000% as deliverable supplies shift to New York
Development banks team up for FX hedging push
Banks such as EBRD and World Bank club together to improve emerging market funding tools
First Citizens doubled pay-fixed interest rate swap book in Q4
Rejig of hedging instruments hints at higher-for-longer rate assumption
Corporates eye complex FX hedges as carry costs mount
Leveraged forwards and options-based structures entice treasurers facing rates uncertainty and FX volatility
Trump’s tariff threats fuel corporate FX hedging revamp
Treasurers mull options and longer-dated hedges in face of mixed signals on extent and timing of measures
Iosco pre-hedging review: more RFQs than answers
Latest proposals leave observers weighing new clampdown on pre-hedging
UBS’s Iabichino holds a mirror to bank funding risks
Framing funding management as an optimal control problem affords an alternative to proxy hedging
Does no-hedge strategy stack up for mag seven mavericks?
At Amazon, Meta and Tesla, the lack of FX hedging might raise eyebrows, but isn’t necessarily a losing technique
Diversification of LDI liquidity buffers sparks debate
Funds using credit assets to top up collateral waterfall, but some risk managers are sceptical
Amazon, Meta and Tesla reject FX hedging
Risk.net study shows tech giants don’t hedge day-to-day exposures
Iosco mimics industry codes to tackle pre-hedging dilemma
Advocates breathe sigh of relief, but Iosco release carries suggested restrictions