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Hedge funds crowd into bullish Brazilian real trades
Funds snap up FX options betting on stronger real after a Bolsonaro win
Euro Stoxx 50 to get major revamp
Removing supersector caps and more regular rebalancing could spur increased activity in eurozone index
Fund giants turbocharge Wells Fargo’s FX forwards book
US bank jumps from 12th to second in Q2 2026 dealer rankings as Pimco and Vanguard ramp up trading
Month-long power glitch hits key Apac trade surveillance tool
Nasdaq’s alert functions were restored, but users say testing and calibration tools still disrupted
Why resilience goes beyond risk at StanChart
Risk Live: Reliability is “a business goal” that can involve difficult trade-offs, says Americas CEO DeFilippo
Agentic risk management could arrive ‘sooner than we think’
Risk Live: Models are capable, but banks lack platform and governance to safely run agentic systems
Asian dealers may be more exposed than US in AI selloff scenario
Prime brokers face regional counterparty risk from huge flows in leveraged ETFs, say risk managers
Already under FRTB, some banks hope for modelling reprieve
Risk Live: BMO and UBS opted for SA, but believe regulators could still opt to follow softer US rules
Banks upgrade liquidity tests to cope with volatile world
Risk Live: Greater need to assess modern threats from technology transformation
Banks try to prepare for – not predict – geopolitical shocks
Risk Live: HSBC and KeyBank frameworks were tested by Iran attacks
Jackpot for JGB asset swaps after hedging rush
Multi-leg trade turned profitable as corporate cross-currency hedging flows helped push yen swap rates above JGB yields
Pioneers split over future of UK’s digitalised market
Tokenisation provider urges industry to stop waiting for magic to make digitally issued securities possible
Panellists warm to Treasury plan to lend TGA cash in repo
Goldman’s Chambers backs the idea, while JP Morgan and BNY execs say payoff depends on repo trading above IORB
Hedge funds sit out Treasury market volatility
Flattening of yield curve prompts traders to scale back steepeners
Hedge funds reload UK rates bets after euro-led rout
Traders slowly returning to sterling market after ECB comments caused front-end and curve stop-outs
US rates surge sparks new wave of FX net investment hedging
Corporates pile into currency hedges to protect value of foreign assets and capture positive carry
Regulatory risk aversion contributed to SVB failure – Bowman
Supervisors ‘knew, or should have known’ about risks a year before bank’s collapse, says Fed vice-chair
Limit band risks stale prices in 24/7 markets, SEC warned
Roundtable participants say proposed restrictions could leave stocks trading at unrealistic values
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
Emerging markets options trading outpaces G10
Growth in EM options volumes between dealers and clients are nearly double that of G10 pairs
Hedge funds return to JGB flatteners after brutal stop-outs
Funds bet repatriation of assets by Japan’s pension funds will driver further long-end yield compression