Subject: Offshore bonds to give China lifers a yield lifeline

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Offshore bonds to give China lifers a yield lifeline
Expansion of Bond Connect scheme will provide higher yielding assets for life insurers, and may ease concerns over asset-liability management
  11 Mar 2026   |  Feature
Investing
Polytechnique’s Lehalle on bottleneck models and Hormuz closure
Iran conflict raises a now-familiar problem, says quant: how to predict which goods go where
10 Mar 2026   |  Interview
Markets
Prop AMM makes CIO Jump to attention
Jump Trading’s Olsen says new tool allows users to create a ‘mini’ version of the firm
10 Mar 2026   |  News
Markets
CDS financials index to relaunch – minus big bank names
Revamped index drops G-Sibs and adds BDCs, but questions remain around use cases
10 Mar 2026   |  News
Markets
Could prediction markets go wholesale? Exchanges think so
Some venues are exploring demand for institution-focused product; others say wholesale users can play in retail space
09 Mar 2026   |  Feature
Markets
Hedge funds stopped out on euro steepener amid Iran conflict
Gas price rises flattened 10s30s euro swap spread, forcing investors to cut positions
06 Mar 2026   |  News
Markets
Leveraged ETFs may have fuelled Kospi plunge
Record one-day drop in Korean equity markets follows months-long surge driven by leveraged bets
04 Mar 2026   |  News
Markets
Iran conflict forces EM carry trade unwinds
Surging oil prices, rising vol and dollar flight triggered stop-outs of emerging market positions, say dealers
04 Mar 2026   |  News
Markets
Hedge funds trim US swap spreads on tariff decision
Investors cut back asset swap positions as Supreme Court ruling reignites deficit concerns
27 Feb 2026   |  News
Risk management
AI spend in US could be good for bonds in Europe – finance chiefs
Development of AI is capital-intensive, but adoption less so, which could favour EU
25 Feb 2026   |  News

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