Buy side
Degree of Influence 2025: Derivatives pricing dominates; quants don’t follow the AI herd
Rates and volatility modelling, as well as trade execution, top quants’ priorities
US mutual funds slash short euro positions at record pace
Counterparty Radar: Pimco cut $4.6bn of EUR/USD puts in Q3 amid changing stance on dollar direction
How investment firms are innovating with quantum technology
Banks and asset managers should be proactive in adopting quantum-safe strategies
From bottlenecks to breakthroughs: rethinking the buy-side front-office tech stack
Identifying the right solutions for buy-side firms’ business objectives, the benefits of improved workflow efficiency and tailoring solutions to business priorities and ambitions
Citadel Securities hires former Eisler CRO
Pregnell joins market-maker after demise of hedge fund
US insurers turn to short-dated FX forwards as notionals rise
Counterparty Radar: Trades under three months make up nearly 60% of total positions, up from just a third in 2022
Dealers warn of capital squeeze from increased FX hedging
Sharp rise in uncollateralised buy-side hedges could restrict banks’ ability to take on positions
Will Iosco’s guidance solve pre-hedging puzzle?
Buy-siders doubt consent requirement will remove long-standing concerns
Banks scale back short-dated FX swaps trading, BIS finds
Interbank FX swaps hit by higher short-term hedging and funding costs, while longer-dated forwards activity jumps
Buy-side ALM product of the year: Ortec Finance
Ortec Finance wins Buy-side ALM product of the year at the Markets Technology Awards 2026 thanks to its stochastic modelling platform, GLASS
Real money looks to dynamic hedges after tariff bout
Buy-siders are adopting more responsive FX hedging strategies after correlations broke down
Tokenised collateral could lower barriers to tri-party VM
Existing tri-party platforms lack network effects necessary for more efficient collateral reuse
Ardagh CDS spreads reel amid payout confusion
Dispute over company’s recapitalisation plan leaves credit default swap holders with uncertain future
Institutional investors take profit on gold trades
Hedge funds trimmed longs after gold rally and triggered massive market selloff
Pimco piled into euro put options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: EUR/USD buying spree takes Pimco’s FX options book to $7 billion
Talking Heads 2025: Who will buy Trump’s big, beautiful bonds?
Treasury issuance and hedge fund risks vex macro heavyweights
Real money rides the hybrid options wave
Insurers follow hedge funds into exotic trades with equity-down, yields-down recession plays
Steepeners whipsawed by Dutch pension scheme shifts
Long-end euro rate flows thrown off course by piecemeal updates on transition to defined contribution system
It takes two: bilateral price streaming takes hold in govvies
Large dealers offer direct API access to government bonds as alternative to request-for-quote trading
Reporting overhaul: the EU’s near-impossible balancing act
Regulators must weigh their desire to streamline derivatives reporting against the need to gather crucial trade data
How Amundi’s options strategy profited from dollar slump
French asset manager grabbed euro call options at low prices in tactical pivot for its FX absolute return fund