Hedging
Trend following’s bumper returns mask fading convexity
Research suggests strategy is no longer a reliable hedge against stock market crashes
Index vol has been a poor hedge for equity rout, traders say
Single stock ‘micro’ hedges have offered more protection in this year’s selloff
Curbs on hedging threaten to short-circuit Bulb sale
Insolvent energy supplier is barred from holding long-dated forwards – which could deter potential buyers
The future of skew
Forward start volatility swaps and their pricing and hedging models are introduced
Pricing data is key to unlocking FX swaps e-trading
Digitec’s Stephan von Massenbach on why automation is needed for e-trading to reach its potential
Locals give cautious welcome to exotics’ passage to India
Corporates still wary about structured derivatives five months after lifting of trading ban
US trading blunder costs Barclays £2.8bn in credit RWAs
The latest hit follows a £540 million provision to cover the over-issuance of structured notes
Platforms bring structured products to the masses
Simon, Luma and Halo fuel 80% rise in volume of structured investments in US
Energy market split over emergency government support
German move to backstop margins with liquidity facility welcomed by energy producers – but others say it’s unnecessary
JP Morgan takes $524m XVA loss on nickel, Russia trades
Margin calls, markdowns and rising funding costs result in biggest XVA loss since early 2020
Deep hedging pioneer Hans Buehler quits JP Morgan
Former global head of equities analytics will be joining XTX Markets
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
Russian invasion stirs up ‘perfect storm’ for XVA desks
Declining credit quality of Russian companies and spike in inflation threaten CVA and FVA double-whammy for banks
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
Pricing barrier options with deep backward stochastic differential equation methods
This paper presents a novel and direct approach to solving boundary- and final-value problems, corresponding to barrier options, using forward pathwise deep learning and forward–backward stochastic differential equations.
Volatile HSCEI spells vega misery for autocall issuers
Index in ‘peak vega’ peril despite Wednesday's 12.5% rebound
Podcast: Hans Buehler on the data science behind deep hedging
Top JP Morgan quant stresses importance of ‘de-trending’ training datasets used in machine learning
Ruble NDF pricing rupture alarms traders
Conflict sparks big dislocation between ruble NDF and spot, threatening hedges and clouding valuations
Banks strive for machine learning at quantum speed
Embryonic work on quantum neural networks raises hope of faster, more accurate models
Traders turn to ruble NDFs to avoid sanctions trouble
Basis between physical and non-deliverable trades hits record high as users shun local currency
Deep hedging: learning to remove the drift
Removing arbitrage opportunities from simulated data used for training makes deep hedging more robust
Derivatives exposures up 26% at BP
Oil giant posts fourth consecutive yearly increase in 2021
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