Optiver senior trader Sumit Kendurkar joined Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq's TradeTalks to discuss stocks, bonds, hedging and more.
From the ECB’s most aggressive rate hiking cycle ever to the “vicious, violent” moves seen in UK government bonds, Europe’s financial markets have been anything but business-as-usual this year. Optiver senior trader Sumit Kendurkar joined Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq’s TradeTalks to discuss how investors are reacting to the moves – and how they’re positioned heading into year-end. Watch the full video below.
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