Analysis-Europe’s bond market turmoil shines a spotlight on hedge funds’ role in key markets
The ECB says hedge funds now account for more than half of trading in the $13 trillion market, amplifying price dislocations during stress.
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By Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A sharp selloff in European government bonds this month shows how hedge funds' growing role is making a systemically important market more vulnerable - a risk regulators are watching closely. On the surface, the [...]
Analysis-Europe’s bond market turmoil shines a spotlight on hedge funds’ role in key markets
By Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A sharp selloff in European government bonds this month shows how hedge funds' growing role is making a systemically important market more vulnerable — a risk regulators are watching closely....
France's 10-year bond yield hit a 24-year high in October. The sell-off in Europe brought the role of hedge funds back into focus. According to the ECB's electronic transaction data for 2023, the share of these funds had risen to 56 percent.
European bond market turmoil places hedge funds under scrutiny
Hedge funds are facing increased scrutiny over their growing influence in European sovereign debt markets following a sharp sell-off in French government bonds that raised concerns over liquidity and systemic risk, according to a report by Reuters.French 10-year government bond yields surged to 24-year highs in early October, while the premium investors demand to hold French debt over German bonds recorded its largest two-day increase since the …
A sharp drop in European government bond prices shows how the growing role of hedge funds makes the market more vulnerable, a risk that ... The article Bonds: Hedge funds "guilty" for the sell-off in the European market was published in NewsIT .
And they are troubling the supervisory authorities.
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