Buy side
The evolution of buy-side risk: managing the emerging importance of liquidity and climate risk
Risk managers have a tried and tested toolkit for market risk, but recent events and developments have highlighted the need for increasing rigour around liquidity risk and climate risk. This webinar explores the evolving scope of buy-side risk management…
MassMutual exited inflation hedges in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Closure of $1.5 billion book dealt a blow to BNP Paribas’s dealer ranking
SGX’s new FX platform sees increased NDF trading from US firms
Sef exemption opens door to increased US buy-side interest
People: Finma CEO quits, Citi’s dealmaking promotion, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US life insurers take axe to FX forwards positions in Q2
Counterparty Radar: $47.5bn in G10 positions reported, a 12.9% decline from Q1
Behavioural analytics: data trend has asset managers looking inwards
Vanguard and others are building tools that “nudge” investors to make better investment decisions
CFTC plan to relax MMF margin restriction sparks debate
Industry welcomes proposal to lift ban on repo-using funds as eligible IM, but some warn MMFs bring risks
Goldman’s Marquee is a gradual revelation
Multiple apps are being corralled into a sticky cross-asset ecosystem, updated with Python and cloud
Social distancing: quantifying the ‘S’ in ESG
The ‘social’ pillar of ESG has been the poor relation in terms of data – until now
Pension funds weigh corporate bonds as margin for gilt repo
Stung by disastrous losses during last year’s LDI squeeze, funds consider greater range of collateral on gilt repo
We need to talk about pre-hedging
Dealers claim it’s a vital tool for managing risk. Clients say it’s open to abuse. How should regulators treat the problem child of financial markets?
Lincoln, Global Atlantic push JPM to index options top spot
Counterparty Radar: Among life insurers, options notional grew 7% in Q1
Why credit default committees are a turnoff for the buy side
With high costs and little to gain from participating, investment firms seem content to leave the legal work to the banks
SEC rewrite of criteria for investor ‘group’ alarms buy-siders
Hedge funds fear it will freeze out activists and have chilling effect on everyday discussions
Iosco takes aim at pre-hedging with new probe
Global standard-setter intends to release results of review in third quarter of 2024
Like your CSA dirty? It’ll cost more
Buy-side firms have to pay up if they want to post corporate bonds to their dealers, but prices vary
People: Paco packs up at Citi, Credit Suisse exits continue, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Citi’s single-name CDS book with retail funds doubled in Q1
Counterparty Radar: New trades with PGIM totalling $2.4 billion return Citi to top of dealer rankings
Fleeting volatility vexes trend followers
Jumpy markets give quant firms the jitters as tried-and-tested strategies struggle in 2023
An NAIC plan to second-guess bond ratings is ‘nonsensical’, insurers say
Proposal to create “quasi rating agency” at regulatory body sparks backlash from industry and US Congress
Allianz Life triples index CDS book
Counterparty Radar: US life insurer market’s notional volume doubles in Q1
CME and Digital Vega to offer joint solution for block FX options
Tie-up aims to enable buy-side firms to tap benefits of central clearing via OTC-style workflows
Chartis RiskTech Buyside50
The second annual RiskTech Buyside50 ranking from Chartis Research outlines notable trends in the buy side and ranks the key players operating within it, focusing on solutions, industry segments and the scope and breadth of investment lifecycle…
EU rulemakers lean towards Simm validation for dealers only
Council supports EBA proposal to narrow scope of rules, while parliament takes a tougher line