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One of the strengths of pension funds is that they can be relatively illiquid and they are long-term investors, but if you have this huge derivatives book – and you have to clear it – then it makes you a short-term investor, because you have to keep so much in cash to meet variation margin calls
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Even though I have over 22 years of experience in the industry, with every stress event I’ve learned something new. A good risk manager should always look at what has just happened and learn how to make things better
Nasreen Kasenally, UBS Asset Management
There is definitely support on the buy side for an increase in the range of transactions that will be subject to [Mifid’s] post-trade transparency
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Hedge funds show thirst for liquidity
The eurozone’s hedge funds started redeploying liquidity over the three months to end-June, after their dash for cash in the first quarter. As of Q2, hedge funds held €97.4 billion ($115.3 billion) in cash and loans, down some 11% on Q1. At end-March, deposit and loan claims accounted for 20% of total hedge fund assets, their highest share at any time since at least 2008.
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