{"id":138685,"date":"2024-10-06T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=138685"},"modified":"2024-10-06T01:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T22:32:53","slug":"margin-calls-plague-quant-hedge-funds-as-chinese-stock-market-booms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/margin-calls-plague-quant-hedge-funds-as-chinese-stock-market-booms\/","title":{"rendered":"Margin Calls Plague Quant Hedge Funds as Chinese Stock Market Booms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-09-30\/quant-hedge-funds-face-more-margin-calls-as-chinese-stocks-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong>, hedge funds employing short strategies as part of their market-neutral approach are at risk of liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>The situation escalated last week when the Chinese government announced that institutional investors could access central bank financing to purchase stocks. Additionally, officials indicated plans to establish a market stabilization fund, starting with an initial investment of 800 billion yuan (approximately $113 billion) aimed at bolstering the equities market.<\/p>\n<p>Following these developments, the Hang Seng Index (HSI), which includes 82 blue-chip companies from China and Hong Kong, experienced a remarkable rally, recovering nearly two years\u2019 worth of losses in just under two weeks. Similarly, the CSI 300, which tracks China\u2019s 300 largest firms, has seen an almost 30% increase since the announcement.<\/p>\n<style>\n    .dark-mode .read-more {background-color: #343a40 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1 d-none d-md-block\">READ MORE:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/ftx-eurozone-creditors-set-for-repayments-but-will-they-match-market-values\/\" title=\"FTX Eurozone Creditors Set for Repayments &#8211; But Will They Match Market Values?\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/ftx-big-240x170.jpeg\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">FTX Eurozone Creditors Set for Repayments &#8211; But Will They Match Market Values?<\/h4>           \n            \n        <\/div>        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liangkui Asset Management, managing around 3 billion yuan ($428 million), reported that a combination of factors, including a \u201crare technical exhaustion of liquidity,\u201d created turmoil for the firm. In a letter to investors obtained by Bloomberg, they described the margin calls as \u201cthe last straw\u201d for their operations. When brokerages began closing their positions, the resulting liquidations of short positions contributed to the rally, exerting even greater upward pressure on an already surging market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quant hedge funds are facing significant challenges due to margin calls triggered by a substantial surge in Chinese stocks, particularly impacting those with short positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Margin Calls Plague Quant Hedge Funds 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