Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
BMR grows bought single-name CDS book as market slumps
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut $1.5 billion in sold swap positions in Q4
Capital Group, BMR double down on bought index CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds contracts in Q4 for the first time in eight quarters
First CAD, yen inflation swaps appear in mutual fund filings
Counterparty Radar: Western Asset slashed inflation bets in Q4 as Empower probes new frontiers
Morgan Stanley scores big with swaption trades
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds increase pace of transition from USD Libor to SOFR in Q4 2022
Putnam adds $18bn to interest rate swaps book
Counterparty Radar: Market for mutual funds and ETFs grew to $677 trillion in Q4 2022
TMX eyes spot crypto trading launch next year
Exchange group would become first in North America to offer direct access to spot market in digital assets
CFTC chair gloomy over crypto legislation prospects
FIA Boca 2023: Behnam also asks Congress to grant more powers to regulate third-party tech providers
US retail funds further slash repo borrowing
Counterparty Radar: Manager activity in Q3 2022 lowest in nearly three years; BofA surpasses JP Morgan as top dealer
Franklin Templeton takes single-stock options top spot
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds and ETFs expanded by $4 billion in Q3
Simplify bursts into equity index options lead
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added exposure to sector in Q3
Capital Group spearheads mutual fund trim of IR swaps books
Counterparty Radar: Manager cut 70% of its position in Q3 as space shed roughly $174 billion in holdings
PGIM cuts corporate CDSs as US funds shed volume
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley retains top dealer spot in single-name CDS trades for mutual funds
Booming US fund swaptions market boosts Morgan Stanley
Counterparty Radar: Nomura cements position as leading foreign-owned dealer in the space
Capital Group, Pimco lead tilt to bought index CDSs
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added $7.8bn of bought protection, growing sector to $169bn in Q3
US mutual funds abandon inflation swaps
Counterparty Radar: Volumes dropped to new lows in Q3 as price expectations cooled
Regulated firms warn against crypto market lockout
Onshore participants urge regulators to bring cryptocurrency trading out of the ‘shadows’
Role of the dice: how Susquehanna puts game theory to work
One of the world’s largest options traders uses game theory – and poker practice – to get results
US mutual funds pulled back from repo market in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Cash borrowing fell to lowest level since 2020; JP Morgan remains top dealer
PGIM grows sovereign-referencing CDS book in falling market
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds cut $2bn in single-name swaps in Q2, making largest reductions in SSA trades
Pimco dumps credit options as US funds slim holdings
Counterparty Radar: Space shrinks 30% in Q2 following three consecutive quarters of growth
SEC commissioner wants power to block single-stock ETFs
Listings of funds that pay out when Tesla or Pfizer shares fall prompt call for tougher regulation
Europeans face longer wait for consolidated tape for ETFs
Issuers say lack of trading volumes is holding back a European ETF market that lags behind the US
Does reinvesting payouts in plain vanilla exchange-traded funds enhance household portfolio performance?
This study analyzes whether reinvesting payouts in exchange-traded funds that replicate broad and internationally diversified market indexes enhances households’ portfolio performance after transaction costs.
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