Asset management
Asia moves: Senior hires at Standard Chartered, Barclays and more
Latest job news across the industry
New GFXC chair aims to keep up reform on last look
SNB’s Andrea Maechler urges more liquidity providers and trading venues to address hold times
Proposed CDS reporting rules to have little impact on funds
Counterparty Radar: Pimco and PGIM would have filed most often under US large-position reporting rules
Traders turn to ruble NDFs to avoid sanctions trouble
Basis between physical and non-deliverable trades hits record high as users shun local currency
Risk Awards 2022: the winners
JP Morgan claims top derivatives house, lifetime award for Mark Carney, BofA wins rates
How do you solve a problem like the lira?
Asset managers diverge in their approach to managing Turkish currency turmoil as FX hedging costs soar
Investors shun Chinese bonds favoured by biggest benchmarks
Indexes are increasing their allocation to China, but European investors want climate action first
Blockade or blunder? Enigma of EU cross-border trading ban
Drafting errors and lawmaker’s comments leave industry perplexed about controversial new rules
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
US funds piled on index hedges ahead of stock selloff
Counterparty Radar: Filings show managers adding more than $5.5 billion of puts in Q3, setting new high
Vanguard eyes DLT for FX forwards after smart contract success
Fund giant hopes roll-out of tech in 2022 will deliver greater efficiency and pricing benefits
Buy-side traders start to cool on ESG-deficient dealers
Managers adopting ESG metrics in counterparty evaluations may exclude dealers that aren’t up to scratch
BlackRock’s 65% of AUM accounts for 1% of global emissions
Asset manager’s absolute emissions linked to corporate securities and real estate stood at 330.7 million tons of CO2e in 2020
Hedging specialists vie for swelling FX overlay business
Custodians, banks and others look to capitalise on trend for buy side to outsource currency hedging
Interest rate swap activity surges ahead of Fed tightening
Counterparty Radar: Managers react to fastest rise in inflation in three decades
Pimco, Capital Group lead expansion of index CDS market
Counterparty Radar: Total positions reach new high driven by growth of swaps referencing CDX NA IG
Morgan Stanley on heels of Goldman in Q3 CDS data
Counterparty Radar: Sold protection, corporate names fuel growth in US funds’ single-name books
US mutual funds paused inflation bets in Q3
Counterparty Radar: Uncertainty over inflation appears to have dampened trading activity
Nonlinear risk decomposition for any type of fund
A risk decomposition by fund manager, factor or instrument is proposed
Morgan Stanley solidifies forwards lead as Citi and BNP slip
Counterparty Radar: Non-G10 pairs regain momentum despite dip in total positions in Q3
Lack of incentives slow uptake of deliverable FX clearing
Absence of regulatory drivers and use of prime brokerage curbing demand, say panellists
Asset managers want better access to spot crypto market
Top buy-side exec bemoans constraints in debate on use of futures versus spot for cryptocurrency
EU offers reprieve for fund-linked derivatives trades
Banks hope FRTB draft allowing fund managers to supply standardised inputs will cut risk weights
In over their heads? How greenwashing overwhelms regulators
Difficult to identify and difficult to prove: asset managers doubt regulators’ ability to crack down