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<p><span>Hedge funds gained in the fourth quarter to conclude a volatile year, with managers navigating a complicated dynamic of macroeconomic and geopolitical risks driven by generational inflation, sharp increases in interest rates, falling equity markets, a weakening global economy, an uncertain trajectory of pandemic/quarantine impacts and the collapse of the cryptocurrency market. Total global hedge fund capital finished the year at $3.83 trillion, a quarterly increase of $44 bi...

<p><span>Trading volume on swap execution facilities reached $748.4 billion in average notional value per day during December 2022. This was down 3.6% from the previous month but up 35.5% from the same month of the previous year. Compared to November 2022, trading was down in every sector except for non- FRA trading.</span></p>

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<li>Record volumes registered across LCH clearing services including SwapClear, ForexClear, RepoClear, EquityClear and CDSClear, as well as at SwapAgent</li>
<li>Expansion of offering for the uncleared derivatives market through acquisitions of Quantile and Acadia</li>
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<p><span>he U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for November 2022.  The next release, which will report on data for December 2022, is scheduled for February 15, 2023.</span></p>

<p><span>ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that the ETFs industry in Canada gathered net inflows of US$6.01 billion during December, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$30.85 billion. During the month, Canadian ETF assets decreased by 2.6%, from US$256 billion at the end of November to US$250 billion, according to ETFGIs December 2022 Canadian ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights repor...

<p><span>CryptoCompare data shows that derivative volumes continue to gain market share over spot volumes and in many cases, derivative markets show price leadership.</span></p>

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<li>For the Japanese stock market to attract attention from foreign investors, it is necessary to see the currency market stabilise as well as an improvement in corporate earnings</li>
<li>There is no change in the fact that Japanese stocks are currently undervalued compared to other major markets</li>
<li>Corporate earnings growth in Japan is therefore expected to be superior compared to other countries</li>
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<p><span>ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that the global ETF industry gathered US$69.37 billion in net inflows during December, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$856.16 billion. During December 2022, assets invested globally in the ETF/ETP industry decreased by 2.7%, from US$9.48 trillion at the end of November to US$9.23 trillion, according to ETFGIs December 2022 global ETFs and ETPs ...

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<li>SERIX sentiment indicator for all US and European equity indices trended bullish in December</li>
<li>Trading likely driven by expectation of ‘December bounce’ and short-term profit-taking</li>
<li>116 million securitised derivatives were traded on Spectrum last month</li>
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<p><span>Hedge funds posted mixed performance in December to conclude the volatile 2022, though still outperformed accelerating declines in equity and fixed income markets as investors positioned for continued macroeconomic uncertainty in 2023 driven by generational inflation, rising interest rates and possible economic slowdown. Cryptocurrencies also remained highly uncertain following the 4Q collapse of the FTX exchange platform.</span></p>