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  "id": 8862491,
  "title": "US Fed, BoE step up scrutiny of bank exposure to trading firms after Jane Street loss, FT reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/us-fed-boe-step-up-scrutiny-of-bank-exposure-to-trading-firms-after-8862491",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-21T06:25:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440482/us-fed-boe-step-up-scrutiny-of-bank-exposure-to-trading-firms-after-jane-street-loss-ft-reports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve are intensifying their scrutiny of global banks' exposure to major trading firms in the wake of substantial losses suffered by Jane Street, a financial news outlet reported on Monday. AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, helmed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, was compelled to liquidate a significant portion of its equity holdings to Citadel Securities amid a sharp downturn in AI and semiconductor stocks. This precipitated a $15 billion loss for Jane Street in a single month.\n\nCentral banks are now requesting detailed information on the risk appetite of these trading firms, the fluctuation of banks' exposure to them throughout the trading day, and the effectiveness of risk controls, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and Jane Street have yet to confirm or refute the report. Reuters was unable to independently verify the information.\n\nIn the preceding month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission served subpoenas to Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America, investigating Situational Awareness' trading practices, leverage usage, margin calls, and communications with lenders following its near-collapse.",
  "summary": "The Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve are asking global banks about their exposures to large trading firms after turmoil at hedge fund Situational Awareness caused large losses at Jane Street, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The AI-focused fund, run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, was forced to sell most of its public equities portfolio to Citadel Securities…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Fed and BoE step up scrutiny of bank exposure to trading firms after Jane Street loss",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/fed-and-boe-step-up-scrutiny-of-bank-exposure-to-trading-firms-after",
        "published": "2026-09-21T04:00:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US Fed, BoE step up scrutiny of bank exposure to trading firms after Jane Street loss, FT reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/us-fed-boe-step-up-scrutiny-of-bank-exposure-to-trading-firms-after",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:13:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hedgeweek",
        "title": "Fed and BoE tighten scrutiny of banks’ trading-firm exposures after Jane Street losses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/fed-and-boe-tighten-scrutiny-of-banks-trading-firm-exposures-after",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:17:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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