Articles by Helen Bartholomew
7IM hits £1bn with blend of in-house and bank QIS
UK manager combines its own strategies with offerings from Goldman, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and SG
Issuers wrap prediction market bets for European clients
Structured notes from Marex and Otala offer prediction market exposure to European firms shut out of the raw contracts
Options vanna positioning echoes 2024 vol spike, banks warn
Extreme negative position could exacerbate vol response in US equity selloff
EU eases non-cleared margin rules for smaller players
New proposals aim to cut compliance and reporting requirements for phase five and six firms
SpaceX gives CME’s single-stock futures a much-needed boost
New contracts could take off as IPO bolt-on to S&P 500 contracts
Garage upstart turns Polymarket bets into benchmarks
Belief Systems launches 13 prediction indexes, but faces adoption hurdles
Autocall ETFs set to triple, with products tied to gold and rockets
New market’s rapid expansion includes both defensive and high-octane offerings
ETF surge shows ‘worst-of’ autocalls have life in them yet
Assets in older structures have caught up with vol target versions that looked set to dominate
UK undercuts EU on stablecoin capital requirements
FCA relaxation from 2% to 1% could spark “race to the bottom” on capital
Former MI6 chief urges AI slowdown
Risk Live: Other AI firms will be “in exactly the same space” as Anthropic’s Mythos, warns Moore
AI autonomy may redefine risk management roles
Risk Live: Machine validation of autonomous processes may emerge “relatively soon”, EIF risk chief says
UBS partners with LGT on ‘tricky’ Vix futures QIS
Swiss bank aims to avoid ‘backtest Olympics’ for strategies at risk of overfitting