Nathan Tipping
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Still Trussed up: UK pensions confront fallout from LDI crisis
Trustees and consultants are making risky trade-offs as interim guidance increases the cost of hedging → Read More
US insurance regulators move to kill CLO arbitrage
Capital charges on collateralised loan obligations will be model-based after 2024 → Read More
Managers want power to cut hedges after UK LDI crisis
Pensions trustees baulk at requests for right to reduce exposure to LDI funds “carte blanche” → Read More
‘Globalisation rewired’: what does it mean for investors?
After half a century of outsourcing production to developing nations, companies are changing tack – with long-term implications for investors → Read More
Why CLO managers are agreeing to extend and amend
“There is no downside” to extending maturities, say CLO manager and investors → Read More
People moves: LME chair quits, Goldman and BlackRock lay-offs, and more
Gay Huey Evans is stepping down as chair of the London Metal Exchange, while the embattled exchange continues to struggle in the wake of last year’s nickel market fiasco. The announcement came just days before the publication of a highly critical independent report, commissioned by the exchange and produced by consultancy Oliver Wyman, that found the LME failed to maintain the oversight and… → Read More
CLO managers are snapping up discounted high-yield bonds
Holdings in European CLOs top 8% as managers push to increase caps on fixed-rate assets → Read More
Does ESG investing have a problem with fiduciary duty?
Q&A: Fiduciaries must be able to show returns are driving investment thinking, says fund law professor → Read More
CLO equity investors stung by Libor basis
Growing mismatch between one- and three-month tenors slashes payouts by a third → Read More
The quant investor harnessing the power of ants
Swarm Technology designs network of trading algorithms that mimics hive mind of insects → Read More
UK pension funds hand over more assets to LDI managers
Transfer of assets is a pre-emptive move to avoid repeat of September’s collateral crunch, trustees say → Read More
Illiquid assets throw UK pensions off balance
Collapse in equity and bond prices leaves some funds with outsized exposure to private holdings → Read More
Economic gloom ‘won’t stop cov-lite lending’
Investors say borrowers will continue to enjoy looser terms, despite projected rise in defaults → Read More
BoE intervention whipsaws pension funds that dumped hedges
Unhedged funds saw liabilities rise by up to 20% when rates pulled back → Read More
Sluggish SOFR lending keeps CLO basis contained
Slow credit markets keep risk in check for CLO equity holders → Read More
‘Monster’ rally shows junk index isn’t what it was
Speed of recovery reflects structural and technical changes in US high yield → Read More
Pension buyouts: rock-bottom prices mask unease over risk
US insurers will digest $40bn in pension assets this year but tight pricing and an economic downturn could lead to reflux → Read More
MSIM was biggest Grayscale investor on eve of bitcoin rout
Cathie Wood’s Ark and Horizon Kinetics were the other largest investors in trust that lost 61% in Q2 → Read More
Cohen & Co yields 8% by lending to unrated insurance companies
Small firms in ‘the safest industry in the world’ can’t raise capital, creating a trading opportunity → Read More
Europeans face longer wait for consolidated tape for ETFs
Issuers say lack of trading volumes is holding back a European ETF market that lags behind the US → Read More