Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
On buy side, equity index options tilted bullish in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Share of notional in short positions hit new low for US life insurers; mutual funds also reported smaller short books
Garage upstart turns Polymarket bets into benchmarks
Belief Systems launches 13 prediction indexes, but faces adoption hurdles
Autocall ETFs set to triple, with products tied to gold and rockets
New market’s rapid expansion includes both defensive and high-octane offerings
ETF surge shows ‘worst-of’ autocalls have life in them yet
Assets in older structures have caught up with vol target versions that looked set to dominate
SocGen FX forwards trading rockets with US fund managers
Counterparty Radar: Surge in French bank’s FX forward volumes propels it to second spot in Q1 2026
BlackRock uses options to rewire AI bets
Counterparty Radar: Global Allocation Fund shifts from net short to net long derivatives as equity allocation falls
Korea’s leveraged ETF expansion aims to stem overseas outflows
Single-name products due in May with two times leverage and strict investor safeguards
From index replication to outcome engineering
A pivotal shift in the evolution of ETFs and why it matters for the future of market-making
Small bond fund breaks ranks with bumper sovereign CDS bets
Counterparty Radar: Boston Management and Research builds sizeable protection-heavy positions across narrower set of issuers
Mutual funds are trading inflation like it’s 2022 again
Counterparty Radar: USD CPI notionals hit record levels even before March’s jump in energy prices
Two fund managers behind surge in ETF options
Counterparty Radar: New data shows notional for the instrument rivals that of equity index options
Franklin Templeton closes $5bn yen options book
Counterparty Radar: Asset manager’s bets on USD/JPY soured as yen weakened through Q4
Pimco slashes short dollar forwards at year-end
Counterparty Radar: EUR/USD cuts drive $86.5 billion reduction
Leveraged ETFs may have fuelled Kospi plunge
Record one-day drop in Korean equity markets follows months-long surge driven by leveraged bets
Markets never forget: the lasting impression of square-root impact
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud argues trade flows have a large and long-term effect on asset prices
Calamos brings popular US autocall ETF to Europe
Dublin filing points to Q1 launch for Calamos Autocallable Income Ucits ETF
EC’s closing auction plan faces cool reception from markets
Participants say proposal for multiple EU equity closing auctions would split price formation
US mutual funds slash short euro positions at record pace
Counterparty Radar: Pimco cut $4.6bn of EUR/USD puts in Q3 amid changing stance on dollar direction
Asset managers prep autocall ETFs with assets tipped to hit $30bn
Actively managed strategies wait in the wings after systematic approach nets Calamos $500m
The role of Indian equity exchange-traded funds in diversified portfolios: a risk-adjusted performance analysis
The authors evaluate how Indian equity ETFs perform relative to US and global benchmarks between 2008 and 2023.
Institutional investors take profit on gold trades
Hedge funds trimmed longs after gold rally and triggered massive market selloff