Hedge funds
Esma warns of UK-sized hole in Europe’s fund leverage radar
Executive at hedge fund AQR also urges reform of EU leverage measures to better assess risk
Model misfires raise questions over training data
Quants wrestle with how far into the past their machine learning models should peer
UBS gears up for another tilt at clearing
Swiss bank makes senior hires and upgrades tech platform ahead of Brexit and leverage offset
Basis trades: a test case for regulating risky activities
FSOC is right to focus on dangerous behaviour, but Treasury meltdown reveals a complex chain of actors
Bailed-out basis traders face regulatory backlash
The cash/futures basis trade could be a test case for regulating systemically risky activities
CME asks clients about changing implied UST futures coupon
Falling yields prompt review of 6% conversion factor for delivery-eligible bonds
Rent-a-fund managers rebuff ‘misguided’ Esma criticism
Europe regulator warns of conflicts of interest between risk and portfolio managers in AIFMD delegation model
Don’t blame HFT: plug liquidity gaps for market stability
Dynamic fees could incentivise liquidity when and where it’s most needed, writes quant fund founder Bouchaud
Hedge funds eye Brexit escape from Mifid reporting
UK tipped to diverge from Europe’s proposed reforms to fund manager rules
Podcast: CFM’s Bouchaud on agent-based models and ESG investing
Hedge fund quant, and Risk.net’s new columnist, shares his unique take on markets
Eurozone insurers dived back into bonds in Q2
Net purchases of debt securities amounted to €15.1 billion over Q2
Tougher OTC trading conditions to persist, say European banks
Seventy-three per cent of respondents expect tight price and non-price terms through September
Alternative markets give edge to Florin Court strategy
By concentrating on exotic and alternative markets, Florin Court Capital Fund has sidestepped overcrowding and correlation to the main trend following commodity trading advisers, offering investors a diversified alternative to the standard systemic macro…
OTC swaps exposures of systemic US banks fell back in Q2
Aggregate current credit exposures to hedge funds falls 42% quarter on quarter
Goldman signs up as NDF client clearer at LCH
US bank expecting jump in cleared trades when initial margin rules hit buy side
Eurozone hedge funds put cash to work in Q2
Deposit and loan claims made up 20% of total assets in Q1
Covid liquidity, block trades and Fed op risk
The week on Risk.net, August 1-7, 2020
Podcast: Dario Villani on managing money with ML
Duality’s CEO discusses key to machine learning success, and the influence of Renaissance’s Jim Simons
SOFR basis blows out amid CCP discounting changes
Rate cuts may have exacerbated discount risk as basis swap opt-outs move deeply in-the-money
Transparency vs clarity: the Mifid swaps conundrum
Participants want better OTC transparency, but say Esma’s efforts at clarity could muddy the picture
Pricing data in fixed income markets – Is transparency truly an issue?
Jason Waight, head of regulatory affairs, Europe at MarketAxess, explains how investment in commercial transparency solutions has proven itself in 2020, and why this leaves a question mark over the potential value of a centralised bond tape
Volatility scaling flops in credit alt risk premia
Strategies miss recovery from March plunge, prompting rethink on speed of mean reversion
Esma’s move on hedge fund leverage worries industry
Critics say proposed guidelines rely on patchy data and inconsistent calculations
Doyne Farmer’s next big adventure: capturing the universe
Quant fund pioneer plans to build an economic super-simulator on a global scale