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Asset managers' Australian dollar shorts hit record on risk-off shift

Hedgeweek, citing a Bloomberg report, said asset managers raised bearish Australian dollar bets to a record high as US-Iran tensions and AI-equity correction concerns pushed investors away from risk-sensitive currencies. Net short positions rose by 12,901 contracts to 129,065 in the week ending 20 October, a seventh straight weekly increase, while leveraged funds added 2,628 contracts to net longs. National Australia Bank strategist Rodrigo Catril said geopolitical tensions and the prospect of an AI-related equity correction strengthened the case for shorting risk-sensitive currencies.

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What the sources claim

  1. Asset managers' net short Australian dollar positions rose to a record 129,065 contracts in the week ending 20 October.

    “Net short positions rose by 12,901 contracts to 129,065 in the week ending 20 October”
    Hedgeweek

  2. The increase was the seventh consecutive weekly rise in bearish Australian dollar positioning.

    “marking a seventh consecutive weekly increase”
    Hedgeweek

  3. Leveraged funds moved opposite to asset managers, adding 2,628 contracts to net long Australian dollar positions.

    “Leveraged funds, however, moved in the opposite direction, adding 2,628 contracts to their net long Australian dollar positions”
    Hedgeweek

  4. The positioning shift coincided with a global equity selloff and renewed demand for the US dollar as a safe haven.

    “The positioning shift coincided with a broader selloff in global equities and renewed demand for the US dollar as a safe-haven asset.”
    Hedgeweek

  5. National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril said geopolitical tensions and the prospect of an AI-related equity correction strengthened the case for shorting risk-sensitive currencies.

    “the combination of heightened geopolitical tensions and the prospect of a correction in AI-related equities had strengthened the case for shorting risk-sensitive currencies”
    Hedgeweek

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