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Futures aim to put a dent in FX swaps supremacy
Advent of margin rules sharpens appeal of exchange-traded instruments for buy-siders
Pick a rate: pitfalls and prizes in the post-Libor world
SOFR set to win big in replacing Libor, but trillions could scatter across alternatives
How algos are helping inflation-wary investors
Buy-siders look to machine learning for clues on the effect of rising prices on portfolios
Quants turn to machine learning to unlock private data
Replication could allow financial firms to use – and monetise – data that was previously off-limits
The race to offload the world’s biggest pool of assets
Specialist insurers on both sides of the Atlantic expect a bumper post-Covid second half of 2021
Deep XVAs and the promise of super-fast pricing
Intelligent robots can value complex derivatives in minutes rather than hours
Hedging valuation adjustment gets cold shoulder from banks
Dealers back the idea of charging for hedging costs but not as part of a new XVA
Green figures: EU funds search for sustainable taxonomy data
Fund managers must report compliance with taxonomy before many investee companies
Could global regulators miss another Archegos whale?
Spotting systemic risk from OTC swaps requires cross-border access to derivatives data
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Shades of green: sustainability guidance may not help EU funds
Talk of high SFDR hurdle for ESG funds stokes fears “sustainable” label will be unobtainable
The Libor replacement stakes: runners and riders
Credit-sensitive rates Ameribor and BSBY nose ahead of Ice, Markit and AXI; regulators keep watchful eye
Page 19901: the benchmark that time forgot
CFTC probe into swap price rigging revives the ghosts of Libor manipulation
Not so green machine? Questioning commodities’ credentials
As ESG investors eye commodities, issues around measurement and management are unearthed
Tectonic shift: could RPI transition be the new Libor?
With CPIH set to replace RPI in 2030, some say the move could cost pension funds around £90bn
Trouble in the family: regulators’ options after Archegos
What rule changes are needed in response to the messy collapse of Bill Hwang’s firm?
EU funds shudder at Mifid transaction reporting plan
Repeated Esma recommendations would increase costs of single portfolio management services
In fake data, quants see a fix for backtesting
Traditionally quants have learnt to pick data apart. Soon they might spend more time making it up
BlackRock faces an early climate change test in China
The firm is the main Western investor in three of the worst emitters. It has yet to change their ways
Is short vol taking the long count?
Short volatility players try to box clever after strategy’s Covid rout
Quant grad conveyor belt stalls as banks retrench
Jobs market is long quant graduates, short vacancies – but hiring freeze shows signs of thawing
The US Treasury’s great market makeover
Changes to regulation will need to take account of evolving market structure
Credit Suisse and the Wild West of synthetic prime brokerage
Industry insiders describe a frontier business with few rules – and plenty of questionable practices
Yen swaps users stuck in clearing Catch-22
Lack of access to client clearing at JSCC poses problems for US buyers of Japanese government bonds