LONDON: Hedge funds are positioned to squeeze more profits from JPMorgan & Co's losing position in US credit derivatives, after racking up tidy gains from a lucrative trade that could end up costing the bank more than $3 billion.
Managers who spotted a huge dislocation in a market for credit derivatives during in the first quarter are sticking with their bets as JPMorgan weighs up how to limit its losses, hedge fund industry insiders said on Tuesday.
Funds are sticking with their positions just as the bank tries to unwind its trades, the sources said. They are betting that wide differences in prices between an index of credit default swaps and its constituents will normalise.
"It still looks relatively attractive, and (funds) are likely to think the trade can run further," said one hedge fund investor, who asked not to be named. "There's been some booking of profit, which is good risk management. (But) exposure has (largely) been maintained.
Once you hit your targets, if there still seems momentum in the trade and the valuation metric remains reasonable, you stick with it." JPMorgan's losses come from bets tied to debt via an index known as CDX.NA.IG.9, which tracks credit default swaps on about 127 investment-grade companies in North America.
The layers of swaps became riskier as more were added, traders say. However, with liquidity in credit derivative markets significantly reduced over the last few years, volatility could rise and funds are closely watching the ease with which they can exit their positions and book profits.
London-based CQS, run by Australian Michael Hintze, was one of the hedge funds on the other side of the JPMorgan trade, one source familiar with the matter said.
CQS declined comment. Meanwhile, Claren Road Asset Management - a firm with links to JPMorgan - has also profited from relative-value credit trading in recent months, two fund-of-funds managers said.
OTHER SIDE
Claren's New York-based Chief Risk Officer Bryan Carroll is a former global head of credit at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management and is manager of a $4 billion global high-yield fund. Portfolio manager David DePaolo is a former executive director in high-yield credit trading at JPMorgan Chase.
Executives at Claren were not available for comment. BlueMountain Capital, a hedge fund with offices in New York and London, was also among those on the other side of JPMorgan's trade, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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Managers who spotted a huge dislocation in a market for credit derivatives during in the first quarter are sticking with their bets as JPMorgan weighs up how to limit its losses, hedge fund industry insiders said on Tuesday.
Funds are sticking with their positions just as the bank tries to unwind its trades, the sources said. They are betting that wide differences in prices between an index of credit default swaps and its constituents will normalise.
"It still looks relatively attractive, and (funds) are likely to think the trade can run further," said one hedge fund investor, who asked not to be named. "There's been some booking of profit, which is good risk management. (But) exposure has (largely) been maintained.
Once you hit your targets, if there still seems momentum in the trade and the valuation metric remains reasonable, you stick with it." JPMorgan's losses come from bets tied to debt via an index known as CDX.NA.IG.9, which tracks credit default swaps on about 127 investment-grade companies in North America.
The layers of swaps became riskier as more were added, traders say. However, with liquidity in credit derivative markets significantly reduced over the last few years, volatility could rise and funds are closely watching the ease with which they can exit their positions and book profits.
London-based CQS, run by Australian Michael Hintze, was one of the hedge funds on the other side of the JPMorgan trade, one source familiar with the matter said.
CQS declined comment. Meanwhile, Claren Road Asset Management - a firm with links to JPMorgan - has also profited from relative-value credit trading in recent months, two fund-of-funds managers said.
OTHER SIDE
Claren's New York-based Chief Risk Officer Bryan Carroll is a former global head of credit at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management and is manager of a $4 billion global high-yield fund. Portfolio manager David DePaolo is a former executive director in high-yield credit trading at JPMorgan Chase.
Executives at Claren were not available for comment. BlueMountain Capital, a hedge fund with offices in New York and London, was also among those on the other side of JPMorgan's trade, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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