How the Treasury market got hooked on hedge fund leverage

Treasury sell-off was primarily powered by a retrenchment of investors from the US government bond market

The turmoil was also exacerbated by highly leveraged hedge fund strategies. 

These trades have helped turn the club of big hedge funds that pursue them into vital pillars of the $29tn Treasury market

Financial Times 25 April 2025

https://www.ft.com/content/0bf5bcc2-6ff1-4309-afbf-f470250a4721


Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to counteract the outsized hedge fund leverage he has repeatedly warned is a growing financial-stability risk.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/02/crack-down-on-hedge-funds-financial.html


Scott Bessent  $29 trillion Dollar crisis

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/scott-bessent-us-treasury-secretary-tim.html






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