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The following are the latest weekly positions updates on Societe Generale's FX Quant Fund which runs systematic currency strategies by SocGen's quant analysts.

The SG FX Enhanced Risk Premia has kept the short EUR/USD position as its biggest bet during the week. The biggest longs are the USD and AUD. The most sizeable shorts are the EUR and SEK. The short positi in EUR/USD and the long positions in USD/SEK have remained the USD crosses with the strongest combined momentum and IR-driven FX signals.

The static SG Sentiment indicator has stayed in the risk neutral area. Based on the adaptive (tailored) version of the sentiment indicators and the relevant time-series signals, we have a long exposure to G10 carry using the full risk budget and to EM carry using 25%. The Asian carry basket remains closed.

The risk of the aggregate strategy is close to 8% annualised volatility. The strategy has been profitable this week, gaining 80bp. The month-to-date return stands at +1.7%.