Bonds
Morgan Stanley sees the elephants in the room
Fixed income co-head Jakob Horder argues hedge fund crowding means macro markets have fatter tails; eyes more FX hedging to come
Popular CNY carry trade starts to lose traction
Investors seek unwinds of China govvies swapped into USD after FX and rates movements dent its appeal
Buy-siders bemoan ‘dark arts’ of corporate bond CSA discounting
Litany of pricing variables fuel wide differences in how dealers calculate discount rates for collateral agreements
HKEX and LCH look to expand eligible collateral
Chinese government bonds in the frame as clearing houses seek to boost non-cash margin options
PBoC eases rules to lure foreign bond investors
New rules include allowing foreign investors to conduct FX trades with more financial institutions
CVA exposures to UK corporates jump ‘hundreds of millions’
Dash for credit protection triggered a doom loop in the CDSs of cross-currency swap counterparties
Market braces for end of Russia central bank sanctions carve-out
Isda AGM: general licence expires on May 25, threatening bond payments and deliverable ruble settlement
Fears over strong dollar put Asia’s hedgers on edge
Local corporates look to manage US dollar exposures in response to inflation and Fed tapering concerns
Japanese lifers boost FX hedging as new capital rules loom
Banks expect insurers to pile on long-dated JGBs and USD/JPY cross-currency swaps
Bank of Israel announces major increase in FX interventions
Central bank announces FX spend in advance for first time and pledges 40% increase
Investors eager for next round of China financial reforms
Bond futures and credit default swaps the missing pieces
Market regimes: how to spot them and how to trade them
Analysing how currency pairs behave in different market regimes can improve execution, writes Tradefeedr’s Alexei Jiltsov
RMB hedging comes onshore as regulators liberalise FX market
Foreign investors turn to CNY for bond hedges as rule changes spur more competition
Investors trade the drama out of the crisis
How LGIM, AXA, Manulife and other buy-siders tackled the toughest markets since 2008
Argentina’s currency controls help stabilise peso and reserves
Uncertainty about the fiscal policies of the incoming president is contributing to falling bond prices
PBoC says its bills are better tools than bonds for China
Central bank bills will play a bigger role in stabilising yuan exchange rates, suggests PBoC research note
Bria joins LiquidityEdge as COO
Andy Bria joins LiquidityEdge, founded by ex-Icap chief David Rutter and headed by Nichola Hunter
EM structural strength in focus as dollar rallies, CIBC
But dollar gains could soon lose steam
Bloomberg to add RMB bonds to Global Aggregate Index
Inclusion of RMB-denominated bonds “represents a pivotal development for investors around the world”, says Henry M Paulson
BIS warns of $13 trillion hidden debt hole
Trillions of dollars of FX derivatives are not being accounted for when calculating the level of debt in the global economy
Rabobank leaves the rest standing in 2016
As the bank tops the rankings as the year's best forecaster, FX strategy head Jane Foley gives her predictions for 2017