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Mark-to-Market

The process of valuing an asset at its current market price rather than its book value or purchase price.

Mark-to-Market News

Industry
BoE working paper dissects gilts market crisis

The Bank of England staff working paper draws on transaction-level data from government bond, repo and IRS markets to evaluate movements in market liquidity, price trends and investor behaviour during the autumn 2022 gilts market upheaval

Industry
Genesis offers triparty to institutional clients through BitGo collaboration

BitGo will deliver qualified custody services and cold storage for assets held in safekeeping for Genesis’ institutional clients, combining the asset safety offered by BitGo’s triparty solution with Genesis’ trading capability

Industry
Chinese authorities tighten supervision of US-listed mainland companies

Short interest in US-listed Hong Kong and China stocks, as a percentage of public free float, has contracted from 5.67 to 3.81 per cent ytd, but is expected to climb in weeks ahead, predicts S3 Partners.

Regulation
BCBS outlines changes to CVA risk valuations for SFTs

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed revisions to Basel III's CVA risk calculations in a new report

Industry
End of the road for Tesla shorts?

Tesla short interest hits record lows as hedge funds face multi-billion mark-to-market losses as of July

Industry
Cannabis stocks remain high as Beyond Meat bows out

Beyond Meat no longer owns the highest stock borrow fee in the US market, but cannabis sector borrow fees are holding their ground

Industry
Beyond Meat retains title of most-expensive short

Shares in Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles-based producer of plant-based meat substitute products are paying just under $3.6 million per day in stock borrow financing fees

Industry
Muddy Waters bites back at Burford Capital’s report defence

The Muddy Waters—Burford Capital saga continues as the short seller tells the global finance firm “don’t be silly”, following Burford’s claim it’s wrong about report errors