Bonds of Country Garden, China’s largest developer by contracted sales, have been in free fall
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Jacky Wong
Aug. 4, 2023 11:00 pm ET
Country Garden’s contracted sales in July fell 60% year on year. PHOTO: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Financial troubles at Chinese property developers are...
Robinhood to Start Charging Customers Regulatory Fees for Options Trading
Hannah Miao - WSJ
Robinhood will begin passing on regulatory fees to customers for options trading starting Sept. 21, according to a notice sent to customers Thursday.
The online brokerage helped popularize options trading...
Michael Wehbe
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Sinem Uysal
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Corporate bond exchange traded fund (ETF) trading has become a popular strategy in fixed income markets. In this article, Sinem Uysal, Quant Researcher at MarketAxess, and Michael Wehbe, Quant Researcher at MarketAxess, look into...
Ackman Says He's Short 30-Year Treasuries as Supply Ramps Up
Natalie Ching Mun Choy - Bloomberg
Bill Ackman is making sizable bets on declines for 30-year US Treasuries as a hedge on the impact of higher long-term rates on stocks. Ackman also sees the short as a "high probability" standalone...
The Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Club Is About to Get Bigger
Lykos Global, JCAP, LuminArx are among those targeting big launches after years of declines in the number of funds
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Peter Rudegeair
Aug. 3, 2023 7:00 am ET
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Many pension plans and other fund investors now prefer to back larger...
Cboe Introduces New Options Contracts On Corporate Bonds
Press Release via Accesswire
Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) is set to enhance its corporate bond index product suite by introducing new options based on the Cboe iBoxx iShares $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index futures (IBHY) and Cboe...
How a machine learning model closed a hidden FX arbitrage gap
Mauro Cesa - Risk.net
In 2022, Yoshihiro Tawada, head of FX-flow quant modelling at MUFG Securities EMEA, noticed an anomaly in the market for Turkish lira/yen options. During periods of market turbulence, the mid volatility of...
Traders Brace for $102 Billion Wave of Treasury Bond Sales
Liz Capo McCormick - Bloomberg
The US Treasury is set this week to begin a ramp-up in issuance of longer-dated securities that's likely to stretch into next year, forced by a rapidly deteriorating budget deficit and soaring interest...
Banks Lean On ‘Hot’ Deposits to Shore Up Balance Sheets
Brokered deposits are more expensive for banks, but for some the high cost of funding is worth it
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Gina Heeb
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Ben Eisen
July 31, 2023 9:00 am ET
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KeyCorp has recently increased its brokered deposits, though they remain a small...
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Missing Crypto Millionaire, 41, Found by Children Dead and Dismembered in Suitcase in Argentina
Fernando Pérez Algaba, a cryptocurrency influencer and entrepreneur, was shot and dismembered in Argentina
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Michael Lee Simpson
Published on July 28, 2023 10:47AM EDT...
Winklevoss Twins Gamify Overseas Derivatives Trading Platform to Boost Demand; The first competition will require balances of Gemini Dollars; Exchanges such as BitMex have used leader boards for years
Olga Kharif - Bloomberg
The billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' Gemini is turning...
Keurig Dr Pepper Sees $1 Million in Bullish Call Options Ahead of Earnings
Carly Wanna - Bloomberg
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. attracted more than $1 million in bullish bets as traders flocked to call options ahead of the beverage behemoth's earnings report.
Investors snapped up more than 26,000...
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‘Flash Boys’ Exchange IEX Has Criticized Rebates. Now It’s Adopting Them.
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Alexander Osipovich
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IEX CEO Brad Katsuyama has previously criticized rebates. (brian snyder/Reuters)
IEX, the upstart stock exchange made famous by Michael Lewis’s book...
Citi Says New Capital Rules Could Hinder Derivatives, Prime Brokerage Services
Jenny Surane and Sonali Basak - Bloomberg
Citigroup Inc. said a slew of new capital requirements that regulators will propose this week could hinder the bank's ability to trade certain products like exotic derivatives...
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