What Happened at the Month End Fix?
August 2, 2021
This is the fourth in a regular series of pieces looking at price action over the month end, London 4pm… Read More »
This is the fourth in a regular series of pieces looking at price action over the month end, London 4pm… Read More »
The FX swaps market is changing. The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a catalyst for electronification in the space, but… Read More »
Along with pre-hedging, last look has been one of the perennial challenges for the Global FX Committee as it seeks… Read More »
FX turnover surged to a new high in April 2021 according the semi-annual surveys conducted by the seven of the… Read More »
There comes a time in every walk of life where delivering required change takes leadership. I believe the FX industry… Read More »
In the first of a series of articles looking at the benefits of ultra-low latency, David Faulkner, global head of… Read More »
“Intent is a difficult concept to demonstrate…the benefits arising from pre-hedging can be very difficult to show”. Therein lies the… Read More »
In this occasional series, The Full FX talks with leading industry figures to find out what they are focusing on and what… Read More »
In the second of the Disruptor Series, Colin Lambert and LMAX Group CEO David Mercer look at the crossover between… Read More »
In the latest in the Unfiltered video series, Colin Lambert talks to Lydia Solinski, market data product manager at 360T,… Read More »
Aside from predictions of dollar selling at the month-end proving wrong for the second time in three months, market activity… Read More »
The Full FX Disruptor Series, in association with LMAX Group, looks at where change is occurring in FX and crypto… Read More »
OK. Tin hat on? Check. Flak jacket? Check. Let’s dive back in to pre-hedging! I have been asked by quite… Read More »
Three banks are facing complaints from Spanish corporations over the alleged mis-selling of FX derivatives. In this blog post, regulatory… Read More »
A couple of times over the last week I have found myself wondering why I missed a news event only… Read More »
The relationship between sell and buy side in FX markets has been eased in recent years by the advent of… Read More »
Dear Colin We would like to make a few points in response to your recent post on pre-hedging and the Global Code.… Read More »
As a hot topic over the past three years, data has had a good run – people see it as… Read More »
Last month The Full FX published the first in a regular series of pieces looking at price action over the… Read More »
There is nothing like last look to get people fired up in the FX industry – as my mailbag for… Read More »
The last week has provided no little insight into how the FX market views the still tricky subject of last… Read More »
A new paper from XTX Markets, Last Look Myths Debunked, argues that additional hold times within last look windows and… Read More »
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee has released two draft “guidance papers” on pre-hedging and last look and is seeking feedback… Read More »
Last week’s column elicited a lot of feedback and conversation, so much so that I can move the issue on… Read More »
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says it has commenced proceedings against Westpac for insider trading, unconscionable conduct and… Read More »
The debate around whether the FX market needs a longer window at the crucial WMR 4pm London Fix often comes… Read More »
I am told the numbers are changing for FX market makers – and not in a positive way – and… Read More »
The inaugural Full FX webinar, sponsored by Mosaic Smart Data, saw Colin Lambert joined by Professor Rama Cont, professor of… Read More »
One of the areas in which I have always felt certain regulators have been misguided is in their drive for… Read More »
Plenty of questions with a changing world is very much on the agenda this week. Along with the suggestion that… Read More »
I have longed viewed bitcoin as something to trade – and little more. The evangelists will have you believe it… Read More »
FX market participants looking to execute FX trades against a regulated benchmark now have a choice of providers after Siren,… Read More »
Kenneth Brandborg, co-founder and CEO of SaepioX. SaepioX was formed in 2019, what was the motivation behind the launch?… Read More »
The still nascent race to deliver electronic FX swaps trading has a new entrant with 24 Exchange launching an anonymous… Read More »
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) is seeking industry feedback on proposals arising from its latest three‐year review of the… Read More »
Having poked the hornet’s nest earlier in the week with a column and a feature on the WMR London 4pm… Read More »
Vikas Srivastava, chief revenue officer at Integral discusses the myriad benefits of deploying the cloud in FX markets. Integral was… Read More »
It has cost banks billions of dollars in fines, dozens of people their jobs and remains the subject of ongoing… Read More »
When the whole chat room/Fix scandal blew up, a regular feature of my columns in P&L’s Squawkbox was how the… Read More »
Although the debate over the “Reddit trade” phenomena has moved on (some would say descended) to arguments around the US… Read More »
Outsourcing has been a big topic in FX markets for many years, although over that period the conversation has taken… Read More »
Stop losses have always been a tricky issue in foreign exchange markets. On one hand the customer is looking for… Read More »
Nothing is highlighting market structure change like the current furore over retail traders – yes, the crux of that debate… Read More »
To kick off the Currency Matters podcast series, Colin Lambert is joined by Guy Debelle, chair of the Global Foreign… Read More »
Last year, TFS – ICAP received fines of £3.4 from the UK’s FCA and $7 million from the US CFTC.… Read More »
One of the lasting legacies of the pandemic, in FX terms at least, is likely to be market structure change.… Read More »
The Full FX Unfiltered is a series of natural, unedited, video conversations with senior figures in the FX industry, In… Read More »
I ran a poll last week about peer-to-peer trading to gauge the temperature of the FX industry over this still… Read More »
The Hong Kong dollar peg has often in its history been able to lean upon Mark Twain’s famous, and possibly… Read More »
Sometimes genius comes from the most unexpected direction. The sharp eyed amongst you will note this column has a new… Read More »
