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"There's been very little marking down of (private) assets," said Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, an insurance company for pension schemes. "No-one knows where the next big blow-up for pensions will come from," said Henry Tapper, founder of pension market analysis group AgeWage. He said heavy selling of commercial property and private equity stakes by pension schemes is raising questions over private capital valuations. "It's the right approach to obviously put some scrutiny on private market valuations." But in deals where private equity firms and investors buy and sell portfolios of investments, assets are being valued at less.
Persons: Yann Tessier, Con Keating, Henry Tapper, EY's, Paul Kitson, Burgiss, Ben Leach, Willis Towers Watson, IOSCO, Wilfred Small, Sinead Cruise, John O'Donnell, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: City of, REUTERS, Britain's, Authority, Brighton Rock Group, Reuters, Numis Securities, Thomson Locations: City, City of London, Canary, London, Britain, Germany, Sweden
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Investigators at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement division have concluded that the co-founder of Voyager Digital broke derivatives regulations before the failed crypto lender plunged into bankruptcy last year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Voyager filed for bankruptcy in July last year, becoming a casualty of a dramatic fall in prices that had shaken the cryptocurrency sector. "CFTC commissioners are now voting on whether to approve an enforcement action against him within days," said the Bloomberg report. The CFTC did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment, while Ehrlich and his representatives could not be immediately reached. Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb ChakrabartyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Stephen Ehrlich, Luna stablecoin, Ehrlich, Manya Saini, Saumyadeb Organizations: U.S . Commodity, Voyager, Bloomberg, CFTC, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru
What's causing the chronic haze across Southeast Asia?
  + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Despite pleas by Malaysia this week not to "normalise" the haze, Indonesia has flatly denied any responsibility. Global consumption of palm oil, used in a wide range of products such as cookies, candles and as a cooking oil, is growing rapidly. Palm oil is the world's most used edible oil, accounting for 60% of global vegetable oil exports. For Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, the product is one of the biggest export earners after coal. Export earnings from palm oil and its derivatives stood at $39.28 billion in 2022, according to the Indonesian Palm Oil Association.
Persons: Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Ananda Teresia, Kate Lamb, Bernadette Christina, Naveen Thukral Organizations: of Southeast Asian Nations, Control, ACC, El, Greenpeace, Indonesian Palm Oil Association, Thomson Locations: JAKARTA, Southeast Asia, Indonesian, WHAT'S, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Singapore, Greenpeace Indonesia
Despite pleas by Malaysia this week not to "normalise" the haze, Indonesia has flatly denied any responsibility. Global consumption of palm oil, used in a wide range of products such as cookies, candles and as a cooking oil, is growing rapidly. Palm oil is the world's most used edible oil, accounting for 60% of global vegetable oil exports. For Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, the product is one of the biggest export earners after coal. Export earnings from palm oil and its derivatives stood at $39.28 billion in 2022, according to the Indonesian Palm Oil Association.
Persons: Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Ananda Teresia, Kate Lamb, Bernadette Christina, Naveen Thukral Organizations: of Southeast Asian Nations, Control, ACC, El, Greenpeace, Indonesian Palm Oil Association, Thomson Locations: JAKARTA, Southeast Asia, Indonesian, WHAT'S, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Singapore, Greenpeace Indonesia
Bankman-Fried circus will be a singular clown show
  + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - All eyes are on Sam Bankman-Fried as the cryptocurrency founder’s criminal trial gets underway this week. The high-profile case bears similarities to past scandals such as Enron and Countrywide Financial, when regulation followed investigations. Lawmakers hauled Wall Street analysts up to Capitol Hill to grill them about their “buy” ratings. Importantly, legislators passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, forcing banks to hold more capital, among other stipulations. It also is less prevalent – less than 20% of Americans have invested in crypto, according to the Pew Research Center.
Persons: Sam Bankman, FTX’s, Ken Lay, Arthur Andersen, Dodd, Frank Wall, Tom Brady, Bill Clinton, Fried, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, Enron, Countrywide Financial, Countrywide, Bank of America, Lawmakers, Sarbanes, Oxley, Frank Wall Street Reform, Consumer, The Securities, Exchange Commission, Pew Research Center, Louis Federal Reserve, Southern, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 3 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, which is set to kick off on Tuesday, marks the culmination of a yearlong legal saga stemming from the dramatic collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Below is a timeline of key events leading up to the 31-year-old former billionaire's trial. MAY 2019Bankman-Fried and former Google employee Gary Wang found FTX as a new platform to trade crypto tokens and derivatives. Alameda gives crypto lender Voyager Digital a $200 million credit facility, and FTX gives lender BlockFi a $250 million loan. In a post-arrest blog post, Bankman-Fried denies stealing funds and blames FTX's collapse on a broader downturn in crypto markets.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, Gary Wang, Larry David, Fried, CoinDesk, Binance, FTX, Changpeng Zhao, David, Tom Brady, Wang, Caroline Ellison, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Nishad Singh, Kaplan revokes, Luc Cohen, Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jane Street Capital, Alameda Research, Google, Forbes, Alameda, NFL, DEC, U.S, District, New York Times, Metropolitan Detention Center, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Alameda, Bahamas, Manhattan, United States, Palo Alto , California
In the first trial, Bankman-Fried faces seven criminal counts related to the collapse of the crypto empire he built, including wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. Alameda, FTX and a host of subsidiaries Bankman-Fried founded filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware. FTX's own terms of use specifically forbade him, or Alameda, from using customer money for anything — unless the customer allowed it. And from FTX's inception, there was a lot of customer money. Bankman-Fried and other executives admitted to each other that "FTX customer funds were irrevocably lost because Alameda had appropriated them."
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Ellison, FTX, Wang, Judge Lewis Kaplan, Samuel Bankman, MacKenzie Sigalos, San Francisco —, SBF, Wang —, Nishad Singh —, Goldman Sachs, Binance, Damian Williams, Rehypothecation, , Crypto, Solana, Zhao, he'd, Cromwell, John J, Ray, John Ray's, — CNBC's Rohan Goswami Organizations: Alameda Research, Southern, of, Stanford, MIT, U.S, New York Times, Bankman, That's, CNBC, Jane, Capital, University of California, Formula, Democratic, Twitter, Securities Exchange Commission, SEC, Futures Trading, United States Attorney's Office, CFTC, Alameda, Alameda didn't, Voyager, BlockFi, FTX, Industry, Investors, Zhao, Publicly, Sullivan, Enron Locations: Bahamas, Manhattan, New York, Alameda, of New York, FTX, Brooklyn , New York, San Francisco, South Korea, Alameda , California, Fried's Alameda, Berkeley, Miami, Washington, Delaware, California, Federal, Solana, Fried
Making mistakes doesn't feel great, but they can provide some lessons you might not have learned otherwise. We asked this year's rising stars of Wall Street to open up about the biggest missteps of their careers so far and what they took away from them. Some shared their rookie errors — like slamming their laptop shut after forgetting to save their first big pitch deck or duplicating a trade — while others gave more reflective answers about how early career mistakes impacted their paths. We've got to iterate and change how we do things, and I think that's helped our team's process a lot. So my mistakes also brought me here, and everything that has been a mistake is always a learning experience.
Persons: there's, Luis Arteaga, David Trinh, you'll, Michael Dunn Goekjian, Tori Gilliland, didn't, It's, Andrew Almeida, Thoma Bravo I've, I've, Nadim Laiwala, Rachel Hunter, Goldman, Kristen Powers, Morgan Stanley, Sarah Sigfusson, Shanta Wu, Fred Michel, who's, Morgan, Neil Kamath, Rachel Barry, Chris Dell'Amore, We've, that's, Peter Gylfe, Ricky Mewani, Dominic Rizzo, Rowe Price, Lillian Qian Lin, of, Steve Schwarzman, Peter Peterson, Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, Patrick McGoldrick, Katya Brozyna, Michael Wilkinson, Yi Yi, Wells, Luna McKeon, , Anne, Victoire Auriault, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Barclays, Delta, Barclays Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Management, Thoma Bravo, Moelis, US, Bank of, Fidelity, JPMorgan, BlackRock Blackstone, Citadel, Blackstone, Jefferies, Citadel Securities, Blue Owl, Goldman Locations: Bank, Evercore, Wells, Americas
By doing so, if they get capital relief, they would reduce the capital they need to keep against them for regulatory capital purposes, according to banking industry sources. “There has certainly been growing interest in these transactions as banks seek regulatory capital relief," said Missy Dolski, global head of capital markets at alternative investment firm Varde Partners, an active investor in such products. "This guidance makes it more clear what structures would need affirmative approval for capital relief and what is required to comply," she added. Directly issued credit-linked notes could also qualify but would need to be approved by the Fed, said the Q&A. These clarifications come after growing calls for clarity on which of these bespoke trades issued by U.S. banks would qualify for capital relief, the banking industry sources said.
Persons: Missy Dolski, Michael Bright, , Shankar Ramakrishnan, Megan Davies, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Federal Reserve, Varde Partners, Fed, SPV, Structured Finance Association, European Central Bank, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Major U.S
A shutdown would disrupt government services including the publication of major U.S. economic data such as keenly-watched employment and inflation reports that can move equity and bond markets globally. "If the government data releases are suspended, this will increase volatility and decrease visibility, in a time when forecasting is already difficult," said Clifton Hill, global macro portfolio manager, at Acadian Asset Management. Hill said that investors would have to make assumptions based on survey and non-government economic data that is available. Key government data releases due over the next two weeks include jobless claims, unemployment and inflation, which influence monetary policy. Peter Vassallo, a foreign exchange portfolio manager at BNP Asset Management said delays in economic data "is unfortunately just something that we have to deal with as it comes."
Persons: Brendan McDermid, Clifton, Hill, Jeffrey Roach, Roach, James Knightley, Peter Vassallo, Vassallo, Lynn Martin, Chris Murphy, Goldman Sachs, shutdowns, Acadian's, Moody's, Fitch, Murphy, Laura Matthews, Megan Davies, Jamie Freed Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Acadian Asset Management, Federal, LPL, U.S . Federal Reserve, Fed, BNP, Management, NYSE, Susquehanna International Group, United Auto Workers, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Washington, Clifton Hill
In the final quarter of the year, bitcoin is likely to see continued chop and although there's room for some upside, it may be limited. Despite this, it remains on pace for an 11% decline in the third quarter, historically a weaker quarter for the cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, holding a non-yielding asset like gold or bitcoin could become "less interesting" as rates go higher, Amberdata's Magadini said. There's a significant crowd on both sides, Cox said – "that's why bitcoin is up 60% in a year when the Fed has hiked interest rates so aggressively." The answer to that depends on interest rates, which will probably stay high."
Persons: Bitcoin, bitcoin, Greg Magadini, Rob Ginsberg, wouldn't, haven't, Callie Cox, That's, Amberdata's Magadini, Cox Organizations: SEC, , Wolfe Research, Fed
LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hedge fund Eisler Capital posted a 4.17% positive performance for the year to end-August, it said in a letter to investors, benefiting from a basis-trade strategy that has regulators worried about financial stability risks. According to the letter seen by Reuters, basis trades have been a part of the most profitable trading strategy for the $3.7 billion London-based hedge fund this year. While the fund uses basis trades in U.S. Treasuries, it also employs them with the euro, Swiss franc and Swedish government bonds, the letter showed. A Fed paper on Aug. 30 said that if these positions represent the so-called basis trades, "sustained large exposures by hedge funds present a financial stability vulnerability" warranting "diligent monitoring." The Eisler investor letter also showed the hedge fund uses swap derivatives to mitigate the riskiness of its positions.
Persons: Eisler, Kevin Lenaghan, Nell Mackenzie, David Holmes Organizations: Eisler, Reuters, Swiss, Bank for International, Ivy Academy, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, U.S, Europe
Indian shares set to tick up as global markets recover
  + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A man walks past the new logo of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Indian shares were likely to open slightly higher on Friday, tracking gains in Asian peers as global markets stabilised from a recent sell-off, while crude prices eased from 10-month highs. India's GIFT Nifty (.GIFc1) was mostly unchanged at 19,636 points at 8:05 a.m. IST on the NSE International Exchange. Indian benchmarks were on track to end the Sept. quarter with minimal gains after a 10.5% rise in the previous quarter. ** Multi Commodity Exchange (MCEI.NS): India markets regulator has askedco to put on hold the proposed go-live of its new commodity derivatives platform planned for next week.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, IHC.AD, Anisha Ajith, Nivedita Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, NSE, Exchange, BSE, Accenture, U.S . Foreign, Energy, Adani Energy Solutions, International Holding, Adani, Commodity Exchange, Investment, Finance, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, U.S, Abu Dhabi, Bengaluru
VIEW US core inflation slows in August, consumer spending rises
  + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
With gasoline price surging, inflation as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.4% in August after climbing 0.2% in July. In the 12 months through August, the PCE price index advanced 3.5% after rising 3.4% in July. The annual PCE inflation is also being lifted by a lower base of comparison last year. MARKET REACTION:STOCKS: U.S. stock futures extended gains after August PCE data BONDS: U.S. Treasury 10-year note yield extended its fall to 4.5363% after the data. And the consumer is now beginning to feel higher interest rates - the higher cost of financing debt is beginning to impact their finances."
Persons: Mike Blake, RANDY FREDERICK, CHARLES SCHWAB, DANIEL PORTO, KIM FORREST, PETER CARDILLO Organizations: REUTERS, Treasury, Global Finance, Markets, Thomson Locations: Carlsbad , California, U.S, AUSTIN , TEXAS, PITTSBURGH
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere are a lot of signs an economic slowdown is coming, says JPMorgan's David KellyEric Johnston, Cantor Fitzgerald head of equity derivatives & cross Aasset, and David Kelly, JPMorgan Asset Management chief global strategist, join 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the day's market action and upcoming jobs and inflation data.
Persons: JPMorgan's David Kelly Eric Johnston, Cantor Fitzgerald, David Kelly Organizations: JPMorgan Asset Management
Erik Smolinski started working odd jobs, anything from splitting wood to selling Christmas trees, as early as 12. Since he started trading as a teen in 2007, he's only posted two negative years: his first two years. Setting a specific return goal also helps keep him focused during his red-hot years. He created detailed trading logs and plansAs an active trader, Smolinski believes that having both a trading plan and a trading log are essential. It's titled "Wealth Development and Trading Plan" and is broken out into various sections, including "strategy outlines."
Persons: Erik Smolinski, Smolinski, , Mel, he's, that's, I'm, he'll Organizations: Apple, Netflix, Marine Corps Locations: San Diego, San Diego , California
Structured certificates are financial instruments issued by a third party, that are based on underlying assets — their returns depend on the performance of the asset, which can be a single stock or an equity index. Singapore began offering listed structured certificates on Aug. 30, with its inaugural issue being one linked to Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding . "So tech names, Hong Kong names, U.S. names, Japanese names. SGX's move to broaden its equity-linked product base "could drive incremental market interest," including offering depository receipts and structured certificates, Wickramasinghe told CNBC. Structured certificates are more more popular in Europe, as investors there are "broadly speaking, very yield focused," Syn told CNBC.
Persons: Roslan RAHMAN, ROSLAN RAHMAN, Roslan Rahman, Thilan Wickramasinghe, Michael Syn, CNBC's, Serene Cai, Tharman, Wickramasinghe, Syn, Adam Reynolds, Reynolds Organizations: Getty, Afp, Singapore Exchange, CNBC, Inside Venture, Saxo Markets Locations: Singapore, AFP, Asia, Hong Kong, SGX, Pacific, Europe
Watch CNBC's full interview with Eric Johnston and David Kelly
  + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Eric Johnston and David KellyEric Johnston, Cantor Fitzgerald head of equity derivatives & cross Aasset, and David Kelly, JPMorgan Asset Management chief global strategist, join 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the day's market action and upcoming jobs and inflation data.
Persons: Eric Johnston, David Kelly Eric Johnston, Cantor Fitzgerald, David Kelly Organizations: JPMorgan Asset Management
Workplace relationships can be problematic, creating power imbalances that can blur lines of consent and the appearance of fairness. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf you're a CEO looking to keep your job, we've got some advice for you: Stop dating your employees. The men join a long list of execs whose workplace relationships have upended their careers. But only about one in five workers reported disclosing their workplace relationship to their employer. Some companies have even relaxed their policies over the last decade surrounding workplace relationships, Taylor said.
Persons: Edward Tilly, , we've, He's, Johnny C, Taylor Jr, Bernard Looney, Jeff Zucker, Zucker, McDonald's, Steve Easterbrook, Easterbrook, Brian Krzanich, Lincoln Center's, Jed Bernstein, Taylor Organizations: Service, HR Management, BP, CNN, SEC, Society, Companies
Like other technical analysts, Salama sees wisdom in mirroring the crowd, but trend-following indicators can also provide crucial contrarian buy or sell signals. Stocks have downward momentum, and the SPY just fell through the 434 level, which Salama said was key technical support. The value of the SPY is roughly one-tenth that of the S&P 500, so that corresponds to a break below 4,344 for the index. The SPY, a popular ETF mirroring the S&P 500, is oversold, according to the RSI (in blue). 5 high-upside stocks to buy nowAfter outlining his market outlook, Salama shared five stocks he's bullish on right now and gave a price target for each.
Persons: John Salama, he's, Salama, it's, they've, he'd, David Keller, Salama doesn't Organizations: Maverick, RSI, Trust, Wall Street, Bloomberg
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (Reuters) - China's securities regulators have told market participants that tighter rules for programme trading were not designed to kill the business, but were a response to calls for more oversight, according Asia's largest financial lobby group ASIFMA. "There's no intent to be prejudiced against high frequency trading firms," said Lyndon Chao, ASIFMA managing director and head of equities and post trade. Quant funds in China include global players such as Winton, Two Sigma and D.E.Shaw though these three aren't members of ASIFMA. The rules "came out all of a sudden because the regulators might be facing pressure from investors suffering from recent poor stock market performance," he said. There are a lot of quant funds out there that do a great job of injecting liquidity when needed.
Persons: Lyndon Chao, They're, ASIFMA, Chao, Ren Zeping, Liu Yuhui, ASIFMA's Chao, Samuel Shen, Jason Xue, Tom Westbrook, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Sigma, Reuters, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, China, Winton, Shanghai, Shenzhen
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSilverman: Options activity around mega-cap tech has soured in recent monthsAmy Wu Silverman, Head of Derivatives Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, discusses sentiment and activity in the options market.
Persons: Silverman, Amy Wu Silverman Organizations: RBC Capital Markets
Banks have been investing in so-called RegTech to cut the costs of complying with such rules through automation. Now the group of five banks, working with RegTech specialist Droit, is looking to streamline efforts and further lower costs. Spokespeople for Barclays and HSBC said the banks are participating in the consortium, but declined further comment. Endoxa members hope other banks will join over time, further harmonising how reporting rules are applied, Chisholm said. Reporting by Sinead Cruise, additional reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft, editing by Alexander SmithOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, Banks, Pete Chisholm, Chisholm, Kara Lemont, Brock Arnason, Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Sinead Cruise, Elizabeth Howcroft, Alexander Smith Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, HSBC, Barclays, BNP, Reuters, Regulators, Global, Financial, MRV, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S
US investors won't be able to bet directly on the 2024 Congressional elections. The ruling comes with Wall Street readying for a tight election battle next year. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The regulator has previously thrown out election-based derivatives contracts, ruling back in 2012 that a similar offering created by the Nadex exchange was also against the public interest. The ruling comes with both Main Street and Wall Street readying for a tight election battle next year.
Organizations: Service, Futures, Commission, Republican, Democrats Locations: Wall, Silicon
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOil will hit triple digits if OPEC sustains cuts and demand holds up: BofA Securities' BlanchFrancisco Blanch, global head of commodity & derivatives strategy at BofA Securities, and John Kilduff, Again Capital founding partner, join 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the rising oil prices and their impact on the market.
Persons: Francisco Blanch, John Kilduff Organizations: Email, BofA Securities, Capital
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