Helen Bartholomew
Editor at Large at Risk.net
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2 weeks ago |
risk.net | Helen Bartholomew
US president Donald Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs have thrown popular hedging strategies designed to guard against a 'grind lower' in equities into disarray, leaving investors grasping for other ways to protect their downside. Investors had been piling into a slew of so-called 'shallow hedges', such as put spreads and volatility knock out (VKO) options, ahead of the tariff announcement on April 2.
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3 weeks ago |
risk.net | Helen Bartholomew
Derivatives specialists often rush to correct anyone who mistakenly labels their instruments as insurance. But one former trader is trying to bring the two worlds closer together, having sold the first insurance contracts on raw material price risk in a blueprint he believes could serve as a viable alternative to derivatives for various commodities, from cocoa to copper.
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3 weeks ago |
fx-markets.com | Helen Bartholomew
Hedge funds are turning once again to hybrid options – a standout feature of 2024’s wave of ‘Trump trades’. This time, though, firms are using the structure to express views on tariffs and the threat of recession. Investors placed high numbers of hybrid option bets on US exceptionalism in 2024, as they correctly predicted that a victory for Donald Trump in November’s election would drive US equities and rates higher and strengthen the US dollar. Trump’s tariff policy has since whipped up fears of
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3 weeks ago |
risk.net | Helen Bartholomew
Hedge funds are turning once again to hybrid options - a standout feature of 2024's wave of 'Trump trades'. This time, though, firms are using the structure to express views on tariffs and the threat of recession. Investors placed high numbers of hybrid option bets on US exceptionalism in 2024, as they correctly predicted that a victory for Donald Trump in November's election would drive US equities and rates higher and strengthen the US dollar.
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1 month ago |
risk.net | Helen Bartholomew
JP Morgan says it has hit the $100 billion notional milestone in its quantitative investment strategy (QIS) business, making it the first bank to publicly report the level in a market where competitors are typically tight-lipped on volumes. The bank says a 15% annual growth rate in the business over the past four years has been powered by a broad expansion of the client wallet and innovation across strategies and execution.
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