Hedge funds
Inside BGC’s quiet move into agency broking
The interdealer broker’s Caventor Capital arm is pitching a hands-on service for hedge funds, filling what it sees as a gap left by large banks
How China’s equities intervention caused a quant fund quake
Popular leveraged market-neutral trade crumbled after government stepped in to support major indexes in February
Fed unveils hyper-Archegos test to reveal bank blow-up risks
CCAR for 2024 includes analysis of simultaneous defaults of five largest hedge fund clients
Trend following struggles to return to vogue
Macro outlook for trend appears to be favourable, but 2023’s performance flop gives would-be investors pause for thought
CVA swap: a new type of capital relief trade
Dmitry Pugachevsky, Quantifi, discusses the emergence of the CVA swaps market
Hedge funds push for transparency in credit determinations
Proposals include more disclosure around meetings and detailed rulings of credit events
Undeterred, hedge funds bet on euro swap steepeners
Expected rate cuts and pension reforms are driving steepener flows, but large pension funds may not be finished hedging at the long end
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
Rustad re-emerges at Taula Capital
Former JP Morgan clearing head to help prepare for Q2 fund launch
Review of 2023: A hard road to a soft landing
Banks and regulators were caught in the crosswinds of the fight against inflation
The unknown risk on the flip side of the basis trade
US mutual funds have amassed record notionals in Treasury futures that in some cases exceed their AUM
Hedge funds rev up short-vol trade in zero-day options
Firms are capping exposures to avoid a rerun of 2018’s ‘Volmageddon’ unwind
AI model uses quantum maths to learn like a human
Could the next big breakthrough in machine learning come from the world of finance?
Margin failings raise concern over Treasury basis trade
Opaque models at clearing houses cast doubt on calculations for concentration add-on
FX HedgePool launches all-to-all FX swaps matching
P2P platform starts daily matching and opens up to banks, hedge funds and ECNs
PTFs loaded up on US Treasuries during SVB collapse
Treasury official says non-bank interdealer market share rose 10 percentage points in March as dealers retreated
SEC to delay US Treasury clearing mandate, dealer rule
A final vote on proposed US Treasury market reforms is now expected in early 2024
People: Estrada, Horne out in Credit Suisse rout, Belsher to Barclays, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Eurex repo haircutting to move to Prisma futures model
Switch will open cross-margining opportunities between repo and futures
US takes scissors to repos. In Europe, it’s not cut and dried
Stateside banks fear disadvantage over haircut rules that EU sees as not ready to implement
How repo roll risk could spoil US Treasury basis trade
Financing worries emerge as popular trade becomes increasingly reliant on overnight repo
Court showdown looms for SEC private adviser rules
Legal victory for the regulator would establish new powers of prohibition, critics claim
SEC rewrite of criteria for investor ‘group’ alarms buy-siders
Hedge funds fear it will freeze out activists and have chilling effect on everyday discussions
Hedge funds turn to exotics for EM carry trades
Traders eye dual digitals to cheapen up carry plays