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There is going to be an increase in scrutiny of [crypto] market structure, around players, and participants are really going to be looking under the bonnet
Annie Wilson-James, Goldman Sachs
The value a market-maker brings, whether it’s bank or non-bank, is providing liquidity when there isn’t that natural offsetting interest
Richard Anthony, HSBC
We still feel as if FX structured notes are a market worth pursuing
Andy Kaufman, NatWest Markets
Pimco nearly halves FX forwards book in Q4
Pimco reduced the size of its foreign exchange forwards positions by nearly half during the fourth quarter of 2022 – from $177.1 billion in Q3 to $97 billion in Q4. Of the amount cut by the California-based asset manager, nearly $64.7 billion and $12.2 billion were in G10 and Americas non-G10 pairs, respectively. As a result, Pimco's overall market share among US mutual funds fell from 20% to 12%.
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Growth and stability
After enduring a turbulent period in 2018 and 2019, when Invesco suffered damaging fund outflows and its share price underperformed rivals, the outlook for the asset manager has stabilised. Assets under management at Invesco have returned to growth and stood at $1.4 trillion in March, a 20% increase in the last 12 months.
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