Hedge Funds Pull Back from Treasury Basis Trade as Profitability Declines
Hedge funds are scaling back their leveraged Treasury basis trades as declining profitability and improved market conditions reduce the appeal of the strategy. Funds committed to the trades have fallen 20% this year to...
Asian Stocks Slide as Yen Surges and Iran Tensions Lift Oil Prices
Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as a sharp surge in the yen, mixed economic data and rising geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment. The yen climbed as much as 1% to 152.89 per dollar,...
U.S. Treasury Doubles Size of Longer-Dated Bond Buybacks
The U.S. Treasury Department will double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation. The increase will cover the 10-...
German Bond Yields Hit Two-Year High as Oil Surge Fuels ECB Rate Hike Expectations
German two-year government bond yields climbed to their highest level in two years on Monday as rising oil prices, driven by escalating tensions involving Iran, strengthened expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will...
EU Pushes to Ease Cross-Border Bank Mergers to Boost Global Competitiveness
The European Commission plans to reduce political interference in banking mergers and remove barriers to cross-border consolidation within the European Union, aiming to help European banks compete more effectively with larger U.S. financial institutions....
Citadel Securities Invests $400 Million in Crypto.com at $20 Billion Valuation
Crypto.com has secured a $400 million investment from global market maker Citadel Securities in its first-ever institutional fundraising round, valuing the cryptocurrency exchange at $20 billion. The investment reflects the increasing convergence of traditional...
CFTC to Introduce New Rules for Oversight of Prediction Markets
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing to propose new regulations aimed at governing the rapidly expanding prediction market industry, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Prediction markets allow...