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AI shows cognitive bias just like humans, tests show
Risk Live: New form of op risk may be “especially dangerous” for model validators, quant says

Amundi’s in-house expert keeping watch on Putin, Trump and Xi
Geopolitics expert Anna Rosenberg believes data and probability are key to forecasting market-moving events

Credit investors struggle to decide what tariffs will mean for defaults
Traders report difficulty evaluating risk, but elevated yields have kept demand strong nonetheless

Back-to-back hedging is back on the table for autocall issuers
Deal activity is picking up as prop shops compete with hedge funds for structured products risk
Artificial Intelligence
BlackRock tests ‘quantum cognition’ AI for high-yield bond picks
Study uses Qognitive machine learning model to find liquid substitutes for hard-to-trade securities
Citi close to launching GenAI investment tools
New tech will be used to improve investment recommendations and increase cross-selling
Quants try investing like Socrates, with help from AI
Researchers are testing whether LLMs can use methods borrowed from ancient philosophy to answer complex questions
How AI agents could become investing’s crash test dummies
Firms mull the use of chatbot simulations to test organisational set-ups
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Mutual funds were USD bulls going into April’s tariff chaos
Counterparty Radar: Positioning in Q1 reflected market sentiment that tariffs would lead to a dollar rally
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