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Goldman Sachs tops third edition of Dealer Rankings
Dealer Rankings 2025: Citi slides, Europeans climb in annual analysis of US fund and insurer trades
Bank of America extends repo cash borrowing surge with Pimco
Counterparty Radar: US bank's mutual fund repo borrowing jumps five-fold in six quarters to pull away from rivals
Fed hears renewed calls for tuneup of G-Sib surcharge
Failure to revisit 2015 methodology has led to inflated systemic risk scores, experts say
Crackdown on FX vendors could raise costs for dealers
MTF designation could cost aggregators and EMSs $3m to set up and $1m in annual maintenance
Banks seek EU supervisory green light on external credit data
GCD-developed industry standard to show pooled loss data is representative of banks’ portfolios
Why Calamos chose swaps for market’s first autocall ETF
Swap-based structure attracts $40 million in first month; backers eye multi-billion-dollar AUM
Academic warns of systemic risk from AI-powered trading
Strategies generated by LLMs exhibit “very strange, correlated trading behaviour”, says Lopez Lira
Tidal rides retail boom to lead in single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Volatility-selling ETF firm accounts for half of trading among US funds
Barr slams weakening of bank supervisory tests
Fed governor warns deregulation during boom times ushers in crises
Jane Street rivals call for wider probes of manipulation claims
Sebi allegations raise concerns about similar behaviour in US and European markets
Standard Chartered launches spot crypto market-making
Bitcoin and ethereum to trade off the bank’s FX desk, but questions remain on capital treatment
Jane Street claims may prompt bank scrutiny
Reputational risk policies require dealers to quiz clients that hit the headlines
Traders hedge on Jane Street manipulation claims
Market-makers side with Sebi, while bankers accept arbitrage explanation. Most want more details.
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
Barclays euro swap trading head departs
Ankur Aneja’s exit said to be unrelated to recent reports of job cuts
Former regulator urges new approach to AI explainability
Ex-OCC chief Michael Hsu suggests shift from academic analysis to decision-based techniques
Investors hope US rate cuts will lower FX hedging costs
European investors in US assets set to boost hedge ratios as implied yields rise
Asic probe piles pressure on ASX to deliver Chess replacement
But market insiders think late intervention by regulators could even slow down implementation
Japan regulator calls on laggards to keep Basel promise
After EU and UK delays – and amid fears of US divergence – Japan is keeping a close eye on its peers, says Shigeru Ariizumi
Derivatives players divided over 24/7 trading
For some, round-the-clock markets are inevitable. Others see “enormous risks”
Why Iran tensions failed to rattle markets
Despite initial fears, traders say risks were signposted and investors had deleveraged after April
Industry warns EU not to imitate US equity market rules
Adopting a US-style equity order protection rule will hinder, not bolster EU markets, groups say
Esma official insists CCP model approvals will speed up
CCP supervision chief says regulator is seeking more human resources for its new responsibilities
Hong Kong watchdog taps GenAI to monitor shadow banking risk
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