Buy side
How AI can give banks an edge in bond trading
Machine learning expert Terry Benzschawel explains that bots are available to help dealers manage inventory and model markets
Finding the investment management ‘one analytics view’
This paper outlines the benefits accruing to buy-side practitioners on the back of generating a single analytics view of their risk and performance metrics across funds, regions and asset classes
Corporates eye FX options as hedging costs shrink
With hedge ratios tipped to rise, dealers say treasurers are increasingly open to optionality
Navigating technology integration in an altered buy-side risk landscape
Luke Armstrong discusses the expanding role of buy-side risk teams, the comprehensive integration of risk factors and how technology can help risk managers navigate a dynamically shifting risk landscape
LMAX taps real money clients with Cürex deal
Acquisition aims to offer liquidity providers diverse flows from asset managers
JPM falls out of favour in FX forwards with US insurers
US bank exits top 10 in third quarter after cuts from TIAA and Athene
US mutual funds’ passion for LatAm FX options undimmed in Q3
Counterparty Radar: Carry trade opportunities see managers’ positions increase tenfold in 2023
Assessing the importance of liquidity and climate risk in an evolving risk landscape
In a Risk.net webinar sponsored by S&P Global Market Intelligence, five experts discussed the challenges that evolving risks pose and how the buy side is having to adapt its approach. This article examines the key themes that emerged from that discussion
Buy side unconvinced of corporate bond streaming benefits
Managers see limited utility of streamed prices in the once OTC-only asset class
Better tech brings threat of two-speed trading in fixed income
Smaller asset managers may get left behind as automation allows the big players to prosper
FX HedgePool launches all-to-all FX swaps matching
P2P platform starts daily matching and opens up to banks, hedge funds and ECNs
Can machine learning help predict recessions? Not really
Artificial intelligence models stumble on noisy data and lack of interpretability
Welcome to a new ecosystem for managing credit risk
How Eurex is using credit index futures to build the next frontier for exchange-traded derivatives
Buy-siders bemoan ‘dark arts’ of corporate bond CSA discounting
Litany of pricing variables fuel wide differences in how dealers calculate discount rates for collateral agreements
BNP Paribas is biggest fish in shrinking repo pond
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut their repo exposure in Q2 to the lowest level since 2020
Buy side frets over cost of compulsory repo clearing
As US regulators prepare to mandate clearing, cost of compliance remains a mystery to many
T+1: complacency before the storm?
This paper, created by WatersTechnology in association with Gresham Technologies, outlines what the move to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker/dealer-executed trades in the US and Canadian markets means for buy-side and sell-side firms
Diversifying buy-side risk frameworks
How asset managers can integrate emerging risk factors amid a turbulent market landscape
XVA dynamics from a buy-side perspective: the latest strategies and insights
XVA components have once again gained prominence as crucial factors impacting the earnings of financial institutions. This webinar explores key aspects of XVA from a buy-side perspective, shedding light on strategies to navigate this complex terrain and…
US life insurers’ interest rate swaps usage surged in Q2
Counterparty Radar: John Hancock, Principal Financial expanded books by more than half
UK pensions mull discount rate switch after LDI crisis
Large schemes rethink liability calculations as illiquid allocations balloon following ‘mini-budget’
US funds add to single-name CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: Corporate positions exceed SSA contracts for first time on record in Q2
US insurers take different paths to hedge FX
Counterparty Radar: Maturity and size of FX forwards trades vary significantly between firms
Could excessive regulation make bank stocks uninvestable?
JP Morgan's EMEA CFO says capital requirements will mean banks lose business to non-banks