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The Rise of Hedge Funds: Exploring Their Impact on Financial Markets

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Liquidity is essential for businesses and governments to access capital. Additionally, liquidity is important for governments because it gives them access to debt markets to sell securities to fund deficits. This diversification can also help reduce systemic risk in the market by spreading risk across a wide range of assets.

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DTCC’s FICC launches new public-facing Value at Risk calculator

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The calculator enables participants to evaluate potential margin and clearing fund obligations associated with becoming a member of DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) Government Securities Division (GSD).

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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

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In 24 hours, it went from “We’re fine, but we took some losses and need additional capital” to “The FDIC is taking over, the government has guaranteed uninsured deposits, and there might be additional bank runs and a financial crisis or three.” billion loss on a $21 billion portfolio. It’s the second-biggest bank failure in U.S.

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UBS and Credit Suisse: The Next Shoe to Drop in the Financial Crisis of 2023?

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The deal is backstopped by the Swiss government, which committed ~$10 billion to absorb potential losses (UBS will absorb the first ~$5 billion). If the losses are even higher, UBS and the Swiss government will split them above this $15 billion level. The AT1 bondholders are now banding together to file a lawsuit.

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A look into the centrally cleared future

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Clearing obligations will become stricter, with enhanced oversight of margin requirements and risk management processes. Despite these new potentially arduous compliance pressures, trading desks are also likely to benefit from reduced counterparty risk and improved market confidence thanks to the changes.

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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

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Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. But unlike incidents of the past, the market mayhem of 2023 has not been confined to one event.

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Our List of 10 Private Equity Firms Investing in Software to Watch

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Based in the Netherlands and with additional offices in Antwerp, Boston, Dusseldorf, and Stockholm, the firm maintains a diverse international portfolio of companies across the consumer products, consumer services, SaaS, information technology, healthcare, and ad tech sectors. The firm employs 93 professionals.