The Russian central bank said global oil prices will remain elevated in the near term and then gradually decline.

wright said Iran has shown no sign of cooperation to date. He said continued oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz is enabled by protection from the U.S. MILITARY.

In June the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) convened leading quantitative private fund managers to review AUM and year‑on‑year changes, research and trading headcount and allocation, strategy features and evolution, compliance and industry risks. Participants discussed flagship strategy capacity limits and differentiated measures to address factor homogeneity, and recent YTD operational changes. Risk sessions covered use of leverage tools — direct market access (DMA) and total‑return swaps — reported leverage multiples, funds’ stress‑testing and risk‑control frameworks, and liquidity risk from crowded/homogenous trading.