Over two-thirds of banks favor one central XVA desk, survey finds
https://www.risk.net/benchmarking/xvas/7964382/most-dealers-run-central-xva-desks-but-remits-vary
https://www.risk.net/benchmarking/xvas/7964382/most-dealers-run-central-xva-desks-but-remits-vary
Risk.net
Most dealers run central XVA desks, but remits vary - Risk.net
Risk Benchmarking: Many banks struggle to track XVA costs and share of derivatives compute
Comprehensive list of hedge funds blowing up this week, getting large redemptions, or shutting down PMs:
Axebrook
Walleye
Engineers Gate
Lone Pine
Millennium internal pods
Verition pods
Samlyn
https://x.com/specialsitsnews/status/2118415084280242230?a=rrW-5cN9-51apD6uadY&s=46
Axebrook
Walleye
Engineers Gate
Lone Pine
Millennium internal pods
Verition pods
Samlyn
https://x.com/specialsitsnews/status/2118415084280242230?a=rrW-5cN9-51apD6uadY&s=46
X (formerly Twitter)
Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) on X
Comprehensive list of hedge funds blowing up this week, getting large redemptions, or shutting down PMs:
- Axebrook
- Walleye
- Engineers Gate
- Lone Pine
- Millennium internal pods
- Verition pod…
- Axebrook
- Walleye
- Engineers Gate
- Lone Pine
- Millennium internal pods
- Verition pod…
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Pain cascaded across the industry in October, as a broad tech selloff collided with a shock election in Brazil and violent protests in France, bruising many of the world’s sharpest money managers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-06/crowded-hedge-fund-trades-are-unwinding-fast-after-ugly-october
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-06/crowded-hedge-fund-trades-are-unwinding-fast-after-ugly-october
Bloomberg.com
Crowded Hedge Fund Trades Are Unwinding Fast After Ugly October
First the AI whiz kids were humbled. Then came the macro shocks. Credit scares followed.
Tech Hedge Funds Wipe Out Their Entire 2026 Gain As Nasdaq Suffers Worst Day Since Covid
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/round-trip-tech-hedge-funds-wipe-out-their-entire-2026-gain-nasdaq-suffers-worst-day-covid
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/round-trip-tech-hedge-funds-wipe-out-their-entire-2026-gain-nasdaq-suffers-worst-day-covid
ZeroHedge
Round Trip: Tech Hedge Funds Wipe Out Their Entire 2026 Gain As Nasdaq Suffers Worst Day Since Covid
"Our phones were exploding with asks for color" but nobody was shopping: TMT hedge funds just lost more than 4% in a day, and with it the last of a 24% AI windfall.
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Asian hedge fund Aspex suffers 16% loss in October tech rout, source says
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/asian-hedge-fund-aspex-suffers-16-loss-october-tech-rout-source-says-2026-11-06/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/asian-hedge-fund-aspex-suffers-16-loss-october-tech-rout-source-says-2026-11-06/
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A market rout in October forced hedge funds to unwind positions at the highest rate in years and cut staff
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/hedge-funds-dump-positions-and-cut-staff-as-selloff-deepens-7eb14493
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/hedge-funds-dump-positions-and-cut-staff-as-selloff-deepens-7eb14493
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | Hedge Funds Dump Positions and Cut Staff as Selloff Deepens
Stock-picking funds unwound their positions last month at the highest rate in over a decade.
Tiger Global and Whale Rock were among stock-picking hedge funds that were pummeled last month as concerns over AI investments roiled markets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-05/tiger-global-whale-rock-battered-by-ai-fears-in-painful-october
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-05/tiger-global-whale-rock-battered-by-ai-fears-in-painful-october
Bloomberg.com
Tiger Global, Whale Rock Battered by AI Fears in Painful October
Tiger Global Management and Whale Rock Capital Management were among stock-picking hedge funds that were pummeled last month as concerns over AI investments roiled markets.
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South Korea suspends brokerage margin maintenance to stem forced sell-offs
Three-month relief lets brokerages ease collateral demands to avoid mass margin liquidations
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-policy/2026/11/06/7CJGSP6L7JAXHPBAW7LYYHEL3I/
Three-month relief lets brokerages ease collateral demands to avoid mass margin liquidations
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-policy/2026/11/06/7CJGSP6L7JAXHPBAW7LYYHEL3I/
Chosun Biz
South Korea suspends brokerage margin maintenance to stem forced sell-offs
South Korea suspends brokerage margin maintenance to stem forced sell-offs Three-month relief lets brokerages ease collateral demands to avoid mass margin liquidations
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SoftBank credit risk jumps to 4-year high as AI fears roil market
The cost of insuring against a default for tech investor SoftBank Group jumped to its highest in four years on Friday as worries about AI profitability roiled the world's financial markets.
The 5-year credit default swap spread for SoftBank rose by 17.4 basis points to 462 bps, according to Markit data, the widest since October 2022.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/softbank-cds-softbank-cds-2026-11-06/
The cost of insuring against a default for tech investor SoftBank Group jumped to its highest in four years on Friday as worries about AI profitability roiled the world's financial markets.
The 5-year credit default swap spread for SoftBank rose by 17.4 basis points to 462 bps, according to Markit data, the widest since October 2022.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/softbank-cds-softbank-cds-2026-11-06/
Elizabeth Warren’s Power in New Senate Is a Wall Street Nightmare
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elizabeth-warrens-power-in-new-senate-is-a-wall-street-nightmare-dff8fb6e
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elizabeth-warrens-power-in-new-senate-is-a-wall-street-nightmare-dff8fb6e
The Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Warren’s Power in New Senate Is a Wall Street Nightmare
The Democrat is expected to head the Senate Banking Committee, giving her expansive authority over the financial industry.
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Jim Cramer says the AI sell-off isn't over, but it isn't another dot-com crash
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/05/jim-cramer-ai-stocks-sell-off.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/05/jim-cramer-ai-stocks-sell-off.html
CNBC
Jim Cramer says the AI sell-off isn't over, but it isn't another dot-com crash
Cramer warned that the sell-off in AI stocks likely has further to run.
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