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People: Masters moves into FNZ, Two Sigma founders step back, and more
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Traders flipped long yen vol ahead of market rout
Hedge funds and real money bought long yen volatility in the run-up to Monday’s turmoil
Nomura’s market risk jumps ¥800bn in Q2
Yen depreciation and rising default risk drive RWAs to record high
Vanguard stages swaptions comeback
Counterparty Radar: Deutsche grew book to $11 billion in Q1 to become largest non-US swaptions dealer to mutual funds
Form an orderly QIS: hedge funds spur quant products to new heights
Rise of multi-strategy vehicles triggers demand for indexes once seen as competitors
Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets
Dealers are cutting back on Excel amid tighter regulation and risk concerns
People: Isda taps four new directors, O’Callaghan joins CA, Berlinski quits Goldman, and more
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Buy side looks to fill talent gap in yen rates trading
Isda AGM: Japan rate rises spark demand for traders; dealers say inexperience could trigger volatility
Japanese megabanks shun internal models as FRTB bites
Isda AGM: All in-scope banks opt for standardised approach to market risk; Nomura eyes IMA in 2025
Treasuries coupon pile-up inflates Nomura’s foreign sovereign assets
Standardised exposures to overseas governments see tenfold increase despite ebbing IR VAR
People: Risk shake-up at Santander, JPM juggles markets, and more
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People: UBS rejigs EQD, risk head departs; Rustad joins buy side, and more
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Citi swaption volumes surge as BlackRock relationship flourishes
Counterparty Radar: Market leader Pimco cuts nearly one-third of book in Q3
People: All change at Citi, new FX head at Nomura, and more
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BlackRock, Pimco slash mutual fund swaptions books
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds retreat from trade as Morgan Stanley becomes top dealer in Q2
Roll up for the BoE’s counterparty mystery tour
Letter warns of cross-currency repo risks, but they didn’t feature in Archegos or LDI blow-ups
People: Tomczyk in, Tilly out at Cboe, Sibbern moves to Six, and more
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Op risk data: WhatsApp fines keep on coming
Also: ‘Five families’ stock-lending cartel pays up; double hit for Wells Fargo. Data by ORX News
Pimco powers BNP Paribas to top of repo rankings
Counterparty Radar: French dealer grew its repurchase book by 65% in first quarter
BoE model risk rule may drive real-time monitoring of AI
New rule requires banks to rerun performance tests on models that recalibrate dynamically