Asset management
Hedging specialists vie for swelling FX overlay business
Custodians, banks and others look to capitalise on trend for buy side to outsource currency hedging
Interest rate swap activity surges ahead of Fed tightening
Counterparty Radar: Managers react to fastest rise in inflation in three decades
Pimco, Capital Group lead expansion of index CDS market
Counterparty Radar: Total positions reach new high driven by growth of swaps referencing CDX NA IG
Morgan Stanley on heels of Goldman in Q3 CDS data
Counterparty Radar: Sold protection, corporate names fuel growth in US funds’ single-name books
US mutual funds paused inflation bets in Q3
Counterparty Radar: Uncertainty over inflation appears to have dampened trading activity
Nonlinear risk decomposition for any type of fund
A risk decomposition by fund manager, factor or instrument is proposed
Morgan Stanley solidifies forwards lead as Citi and BNP slip
Counterparty Radar: Non-G10 pairs regain momentum despite dip in total positions in Q3
Lack of incentives slow uptake of deliverable FX clearing
Absence of regulatory drivers and use of prime brokerage curbing demand, say panellists
Asset managers want better access to spot crypto market
Top buy-side exec bemoans constraints in debate on use of futures versus spot for cryptocurrency
EU offers reprieve for fund-linked derivatives trades
Banks hope FRTB draft allowing fund managers to supply standardised inputs will cut risk weights
In over their heads? How greenwashing overwhelms regulators
Difficult to identify and difficult to prove: asset managers doubt regulators’ ability to crack down
People moves: Quarles quits Fed, CS credit team exodus continues, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Hedge fund stake exit helps Credit Suisse cut VAR
Market risk-weighted assets at the AM unit drop almost 95% following the move
Asia moves: HSBC appoints new Apac head, Barclays hires country CEO for China, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Copping out on climate change: buy-side risk survey
Only 9% say front-line staff have climate role today – specialists call for better metrics and link to pay
Scalability could trump complexity in machine learning debate
Risk USA: banks “on the precipice” of adopting more complex models, says Goldman exec
BlackRock’s own reporting undermines its climate claims
Axa, Allianz and Legal & General have all cut their investments’ emissions, unlike BlackRock
Measuring climate risk: what’s possible now
Governmental and societal pressure on banks and asset managers to help manage climate risk and disclose progress toward a sustainable future is high. Institutions are working to quantify the impact of climate change on their balance sheets and want to…
Buy side divided on euro swap clearing move
With eurocrats dithering on extension of LCH waiver, asset managers mull when – or if – to jump ship to Eurex
TCFD backs carbon disclosure, but not temperature scores
Influential standard setter decides the implied temperature rise ‘is not ready’ for funds
Applying scenario analysis to climate risk
Matthew Lightwood, director, risk solutions at Conning, discusses the application of stochastic modelling with scenario analysis to quantify climate risk in a portfolio
Asia moves: BIS appoints new chair for Asia council, VP Bank expands Asia leadership, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
NatWest’s PB chief on not changing course after Archegos
Marcus Butt believes diversity of clients, both in size and type, is the best way to manage risk
Clear out: inside the equities takeover of Citi’s FCM
Clearing unit is being reshaped to support equities growth push