Asset management
Quantcast Master’s Series: Petter Kolm, Courant Institute
The NYU programme is taught almost exclusively by elite financial industry practitioners
Digital asset risk management
Managing digital asset risk using an integrated, composable framework
ANZ’s FX forwards surge with Pimco
Counterparty Radar: Australian bank becomes top counterparty to the asset manager after huge jumps in cable and EUR/USD
Franklin Templeton’s great DeFi migration
TradFi’s money and DeFi’s tech will inevitably combine, says asset manager’s futurist-in-residence
Has US dollar hedging hype faded?
While the initial wave of real money USD hedging flows disappointed some dealers, many believe there is more to come
Tidal rides retail boom to lead in single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Volatility-selling ETF firm accounts for half of trading among US funds
Mutual funds were USD bulls going into April’s tariff chaos
Counterparty Radar: Positioning in Q1 reflected market sentiment that tariffs would lead to a dollar rally
Investors hope US rate cuts will lower FX hedging costs
European investors in US assets set to boost hedge ratios as implied yields rise
Best in-house credit risk technology: Generali Asset Management
Generali’s platform uses predictive analytics and systemic mapping to manage credit risk across €230 billion in assets
Wells Fargo’s seven-year freeze sees rivals surge ahead
Risk density and loan growth lagged as Fed enforced asset cap
European investors ramp up FX hedging as ‘dollar smile’ fades
Analysts at one bank expect average hedge ratios to jump from 39% to 70% within six months
Wells Fargo’s FX strategy wins over buy-side clients
Counterparty Radar: Life insurers looked west for liquidity after November’s US presidential election
EMS vendors address FX options workflow bottlenecks
Vol jump drives more buy-side interest in automating exercises and allocations
From turbulence to triumph: a guide to pension fund resilience
How pension funds are using modern technology to harness opportunities for resistance and recovery
Top 10 operational risks for 2025
The biggest op risks as chosen by senior practitioners – and what they’re doing about them
NSCC liquidity shortfalls raise T+1 concerns
Lagging FX settlement processes could become a problem for clearing houses
Configuration and control: next-level risk analytics for alternative assets
The evolving needs of traditional and alternative asset industries
Futures gain ground in G10 FX pricing
Some market-makers believe contracts are now primary market price for Commonwealth currencies
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
Quants try investing like Socrates, with help from AI
Researchers are testing whether LLMs can use methods borrowed from ancient philosophy to answer complex questions
US MMFs tilted from repo to cash USTs in November
Outright allocations captured growing share of funds’ record cash pile