BNP Asset Management Shorts Offshore Chinese Rate Swaps to Hedge Emerging-Market Bond Bets
BNP Paribas Asset Management is using short positions in offshore Chinese interest-rate swaps to hedge bullish exposure to higher-yielding emerging-market bonds, according to James McAlevey, head of global aggregate and absolute return. The report identifies the swap strategy as a risk-management measure linked to the firm’s emerging-market bond positioning.
BNP Paribas Asset Management has been shorting offshore Chinese interest-rate swaps while maintaining bullish bets on higher-yielding emerging-market bonds, according to James McAlevey, the firm’s head of global aggregate and absolute return.
The swap positions are being used to hedge the asset manager’s emerging-market bond exposure, according to the report.
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