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As LLMs spread, quants confront ‘lexical risk’
Users are finding the uncertainty in GenAI models is hard to measure
Limit band risks stale prices in 24/7 markets, SEC warned
Roundtable participants say proposed restrictions could leave stocks trading at unrealistic values
Op risk data: KKR crushes antitrust fine record over pre-merger filing fails
Also: Dealers pay up for Mexican bond-rigging scandal; missing AML checks at UBS. Data by ORX News
Tokenisation: a load of old bull for London’s financial markets?
Focusing on tech in context of digital transformation risks repeating 1980s Taurus debacle
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
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
Emerging markets options trading outpaces G10
Growth in EM options volumes between dealers and clients are nearly double that of G10 pairs
BNP Paribas outlines path for FICC algos, SDP and AI projects
After taking on new Cortex and AI roles, BNPP’s Razaq sets out the bank’s expansion plans and new tech projects
Bloomberg brings e-FX options trading to API
Buy-side users will run full RFQ workflow for vanilla and exotic FX options through one connection
From Pillar to Pillar… to post: where now for op risk in Europe?
Experts think enhanced Pillar 2 charge informed by Dora would be more useful than a blunt Pillar 1
Tradeweb streamlines bilateral swap unwinds
After sterling IRS termination, platform eyes electronic credit checking and CSAs
Treasury buyback risks a (collateral) chain reaction
Rebalancing of bond tenors could stretch collateral links to breaking point, argues economist
Dollar reversal could scupper EM carry boom, dealers warn
Surprise rate hike or a USD rally may force unwinds in popular emerging markets carry trades
PRA struggles to follow Fed’s FRTB modelling moves
Market risk experts say minor differences in US rules add up to more incentives for IMA adoption
Ex-Citi banker’s ‘perfect marriage’ with Franklin’s crypto unit
Investment giant throws weight behind Chris Perkins’ plan for investing in digital markets
JSCC faces pushback on plans to merge futures default funds
Members say commodities products should be kept fully segregated because of different risk profile
Issuers wrap prediction market bets for European clients
Structured notes from Marex and Otala offer prediction market exposure to European firms shut out of the raw contracts
CME offers basis traders a leg up
New Treasury Link service ‘levels playing field’ in strategy dominated by high-speed players
Alphabet, Micron ramp up FX hedging
Tech pair leads FX derivatives surge in year to Q2, while notionals at Apple and Johnson & Johnson decline
More dealers enter OTC market – but are there enough?
Dealer Rankings 2026: Data shows bigger list of sell-side names in many markets; also suggests largest buy-side firms may be short of options
CME aims to offer client UST cross-margining internally in 2027
CCP has filed initial proposal with SEC; wants to offer more products than joint FICC programme
Manuela Veloso on how banks can make their AI dreams reality
Former JP Morgan head of AI research says open-ended enquiry will unlock technology’s full potential
Lifeline keeps Europe’s hopes afloat for single-sided reporting
Despite Esma’s proposal for delegated reporting of trades, the industry may yet get its wish
The ECB’s geopolitical stress test needs a price
Only a market can say how much it should cost to insure against losses from a geopolitical risk event, and none exists, argues academic
EU’s plan to get competitive faces big legislative hurdles
Large and controversial legislative package may be too amorphous to deliver results quickly
Traders remain on alert as Kospi-KRW decoupling wanes
Negative equity-FX correlation normalises as vol subsides, but funds poised for future opportunities
People: Barclays IB pivots to co-CEOs, SocGen in shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
FDIC relearns SVB lessons in resolution tinkering
Paring back requirements gets thumbs up from some, but concerns linger
Podcast: Alexander Barzykin on modelling FX market-making
HSBC quant discusses adverse selection, price reading and internal liquidity management
