BlackRock
Vanguard is new kid on the CDS options block
Counterparty Radar: Passive behemoth held a quarter of reported notional among US retail funds in Q4 2024
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
TD, Goldman make strides with Ucits in FX forwards trades
Counterparty Radar: JP Morgan AM notional crossed $100 billion threshold in first half of 2024
LCH expects to boost deliverable FX clearing with new adds
Onboarding of dealers and link-up with CLS could swell interbank deliverable FX clearing volumes
People: All shook up at the SEC, Krens succeeds Litvack at Isda, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Pimco and Vanguard slash FX forwards trading with BNP Paribas
Counterparty Radar: French bank sees its notional with mutual funds halve
BlackRock on how modern portfolio theory is misunderstood
Standard asset allocation is likely sub-optimal in a changing world, say strategists
BlackRock preps managed futures ETF
Asset manager’s plans could open strategy to $400 billion-plus new asset pool
Investment house of the year: BlackRock
Risk Awards 2025: World’s largest investor is undergoing its biggest transformation in more than a decade
BlackRock exec pushes for FX swaps Clob
FX head Chaudhry says all-to-all venue could boost TCA, price discovery and spur algo trading
Knives out: court cases cleave apart creditor expectations
Diverging court rulings show pitfalls and potential of challenging controversial restructuring transactions
US MMF investments near $7trn amid short-term yield chasing
Surging inflows led some managers to turn to Fed’s RRP facility for risk-free cash allocation
BNPP overtakes Barclays in Ucits single-name CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Europe’s retail funds shed notional but used wider range of underlyings, new data shows
Citi revealed as top index CDS dealer to Ucits funds
Counterparty Radar: Novel data shows US banks captured nearly 90% of uncleared notional volume in European markets
New data reveals Pimco is top Ucits interest rate swaps user
Counterparty Radar: US managers and dealers reign supreme in European retail fund space
Bitcoin ETFs drive demand for borrowing in crypto markets
Mismatch between cash and crypto settlement cycles creates pre-funding challenge
Capital Group grows interest rates swaps book by 62%
Counterparty Radar: Aggregate notional of US mutual fund and ETF positions hit $957 billion in Q1
Citi halves swaptions book with US retail funds
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds and ETFs cut exposures by 22% in Q4
BlackRock’s interest rate swaps notional climbs 20%
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds continued to add to their positions in Q4
Risk transfer and the shift from camaraderie to competition
The risk transfer market could be moving into a more competitive, more transactional and, some fear, riskier cycle
Invesco more than triples size of its FX options book
Counterparty Radar: Manager’s portfolio exceeded $5bn notional in Q4