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US-China trade war becomes focus again for commodities
As the end of the 90-day truce in US-China trade hostilities looms, commodity markets brace for uncertainty
Alt risk premia study finds ‘zero alpha’, clear beta to bonds
Vanilla exposures explain as much as two-thirds of returns, authors say
JP Morgan's repo book bulged at year end
US bank added $101 billion of repo assets in three months to end-December
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Functional programming reaches for stardom in finance
Fans highlight more reliable code, and suitability for complex tasks and distributed ledgers
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VAR model in the spotlight
The VAR model used by NatWest Markets underestimated actual daily losses once in May, once in November, and three times in December.
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