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Bond Futures Explained: From DV01 to the Cheapest to Deliver

November 6, 2025

Chris Barnes

Bond futures, conversion factors, cheapest to deliver bonds. Let’s unpack some terrifying-looking equations into simple high-school mathematics. Ever wondered where…
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Can I Use Xero for Swiss Accounts?

November 4, 2025

Amir Khwaja

Using ChatGPT and my own knowledge I work out how to use Xero accounting for a Swiss legal entity. Background…
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Mechanics of An Easy Swaps Pricer

October 30, 2025

Chris Barnes

Swap pricing is just daily compounding. Calculate a daily index from SOFR fixings and day counts, and every term rate…
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Are LLMs Good for Ad-hoc Reporting on Financial Data?

October 28, 2025

Amir Khwaja

Report writing software tools generally end up being used not by end-users but by IT support staff. LLMs offer the…
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Mechanics and Definitions of DV01 in Derivatives

October 22, 2025

Chris Barnes

DV01 is equal to Notional × 0.01 % × Day Count × Discount Factor – a formula that applies to…
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Euronext ClearSim – A first look at the new tool

October 22, 2025

Amir Khwaja

I take a look at Euronext’s ClearSim margin simulation tool. How easy is it to use for Futures? What’s good,…
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Surfacing New Repo Data

October 15, 2025

Chris Barnes

AI finds new repo data; leaves it to the market professionals to make sense of it! The Repo Rabbit Hole…
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Can AI Eat My Job?

October 8, 2025

Chris Barnes

AI is brilliant at summarising – but not yet at discovering. Want to know how good AI is with financial…
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The Ryder Cup of Repo

October 1, 2025

Chris Barnes

Europe can only win the Repo Cup by turning the AI playbook onto SFTR to create market data that is…
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Evaluating AI Models for Real-World Tasks

September 30, 2025

Amir Khwaja

GDPval is a new benchmark from OpenAI that evaluates AI models for economically valuable real-world tasks. In this article I…
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