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Yen carry trade risks mount

hedgeweek

1 day ago

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Hedge funds and other leveraged investors face renewed risks from the yen carry trade as Japan moves further away from decades of ultra-loose monetary policy, raising concerns that a reversal of yen-funded positions could reverberate across global markets, according to a report by the Financial Times.
While the scale of the trade is difficult to measure because much of the activity is conducted through derivatives and other structures that are not fully visible to regulators, estimates suggest y...

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