Buy side
Single climate risk metric ‘not realistic’, says Bank of England
Senior official argues banks and investors must weigh up multiple factors when assessing climate risk
SA-CCR hits Citi’s FX forwards pricing
Four clients say US bank has quoted “less competitive” spreads as a result of new capital regime
Stocks and bonds start to move in step, making quants jittery
Long-established inverse correlation between asset classes breaks down during first quarter
Earnings call analysis 2.0 goes beyond good and bad words
Quants develop new ways to extract signals from media-savvy chief executives and their financial statements
USD pay-fixed swaps grew in Q4 ahead of rate hike
Counterparty Radar: Pimco and Capital Group bucked the trend, leaning toward receive-fixed exposures
Ucits’ clash with IM rules could cause collateral damage
Strict collateral reuse guidelines may restrict popular investment vehicles’ hedging capabilities
Morgan Stanley bests Goldman as top US fund single-name CDS dealer
Counterparty Radar: Single-name corporate volume hits record high as Pimco increases positions
EC looks to force market’s hand in euro clearing battle
Industry exasperated as commission proposes new mandates and capital penalties for banks clearing in London
Franklin Templeton affiliates make inflation play
Counterparty Radar: Western AM, Legg Mason lead way as US funds regain interest in inflation swaps
Norway oil fund’s derivatives book balloons 192% in H2 2021
Sovereign wealth fund GPFG piled up FX and IR contracts and tapped CDS for the first time
MSIM holds half of FX options notionals among US funds
Counterparty Radar: Manager tops up on USD/RMB calls to extend lead and helps Goldman into second place among dealers
On Russia, finance needs to find its moral compass
The looming risk of big write-offs should prompt investor rethink
JP, Goldman and TD surge in FX forwards as Citi falls back
Counterparty Radar: Citi drops to fifth, losing a third of market share with US mutual funds
Sanctions threaten top pension funds’ Russia assets
Top global pension funds might dump Moscow-linked holdings in response to Ukraine invasion
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
Buy-side quants of the year: Matthew Dixon and Igor Halperin
Risk Awards 2022: New machine learning tool tackles an age-old, old age problem
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
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
Covid isn’t killing corporate entertaining – it’s dead, anyway
For a generation of bankers and vendors, client hospitality was part of life. But the party is winding down
Credit Suisse’s US clearing unit cuts client margin by over 40%
Required segregated customer funds for swaps, futures and options down sharply since Archegos default
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
Counterparties clash over ‘dirty’ CSAs
Dealers and clients struggle to agree optionality value of posting bonds in cash-and-bond CSAs after Eonia conversion