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Analysts dismiss BDC credit quality concerns
Growing private credit worries helped drive losses, but fundamentals are said not to support that view
BlackRock appoints Pierre Sarrau as chief risk officer
Current CRO Edward Fishwick will be head of research at BlackRock’s RQA group
Dealers warn of capital squeeze from increased FX hedging
Sharp rise in uncollateralised buy-side hedges could restrict banks’ ability to take on positions
Baruch, Princeton cement duopoly in 2026 Quant Master’s Guide
Columbia jumps to third place, ETH-UZH tops European rivals
Quants tell FX dealers how to make the most of passive liquidity
Paper from HSBC and Imperial sets out when to skew pricing, and when not
Hawkish RBA comments wrong-foot Aussie dollar rates traders
Governor Bullock’s unexpected rate hike talk led to stop-outs and losses
ECB bank supervisors want top-down stress test that bites
Proposal would simplify capital structure with something similar to US stress capital buffer
Hedge fund holdouts boost euro steepener bets into year-end
After some investors took profits in September, those that stayed in the trade are now doubling down
Hong Kong tech stocks flirt with peak vega on structured boom
Note issuers sell vol to flatten exposures as Alibaba, BYD, Tencent zig-zag lower
Dealer views mixed over future of profitable EM FX carry trade
Emerging market FX carry trades have generated 7.5% returns since April, but dealers question longevity
Dutch pensions weigh hedge unwinds ahead of transition
As January 1 nears, Dutch pension funds consider unwind timing to avoid rush to the exit in thin year-end liquidity
Clearing houses warn Esma margin rules will stifle innovation
Changes in model confidence levels could still trip supervisory threshold even after relaxation in final RTS
BlackRock, Citadel Securities, Nasdaq mull tokenised equities’ impact on regulations
An SEC panel recently debated the ramifications of a future with tokenised equities
Banks scale back short-dated FX swaps trading, BIS finds
Interbank FX swaps hit by higher short-term hedging and funding costs, while longer-dated forwards activity jumps
Ardagh review sparks CDS warnings
Lawyers warn a panel’s decision on the company’s restructuring will have wider implications
MAS official flags risks in Asia’s path to T+1 settlement
Regulator says region faces “unique challenges” in establishing a shorter settlement cycle
Basel Committee members ‘buying time’ before fixing FRTB mess
Despite inconsistencies today, regulators maintain they want to align global regime eventually
Nomura shuffles risk methodology team
Epperlein takes advisory role six months after Japanese bank’s FRTB IMA go-live
Derivatives industry blasts EU reporting framework
Complaints about duplicate and ambiguous trade reporting requirements aired at Esma’s Data Day
CME futures outage caused FX spot pricing problems
At least one non-bank was forced to pull prices, and NDFs also affected
Chicago data centre outage forced clearers to turn away clients
Friday’s cooling system failure highlights cracks in tech and concentration risk of big CCPs