The Full FX in Scandinavia
On the sidelines of the second Full FX Scandinavian conference, Colin Lambert sat down with Stephan von Massenbach, chief revenues… Read More »
On the sidelines of the second Full FX Scandinavian conference, Colin Lambert sat down with Stephan von Massenbach, chief revenues… Read More »
My antenna was tweaked a week or so ago by a report that at least two HFT-type firms were supposedly… Read More »
When phase 6 of the uncleared margin rules (UMR) came into force at the start of September 2022, there was… Read More »
There are, inevitably, legal niceties and technicalities involved that mean the outcome of the case remains unclear, however reading the… Read More »
A judicial opinion published by the Southern District Court of New York, which is hearing the class action brought against… Read More »
By City Rover Say what you like about them, but there is no denying that the two American ‘Investment Banks’… Read More »
I had some great conversations off the back of last week’s column regarding the Glen Point case and about option… Read More »
Market impact from hedging ahead of the monthly WM Fix was higher than recent months, with the potential savings from… Read More »
The US legal system time and again likes to prove it doesn’t have a decent handle on how the FX… Read More »
With The Full FX View The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has levied a $6.8 million fine against Mizuho… Read More »
David Leigh has been appointed head of European FX at Deutsche Bank – the 18-year veteran of the bank, who… Read More »
The latest Global FX Microstructure in Review paper from Bank of America, highlights a first quarter of 2023 in FX… Read More »
By City Rover ….George Clooney, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and Initial D occupy the mind of… Read More »
Over the past year, there have been several moves by various FX platforms to increase the level of transparency around… Read More »
The use of market or price limits when using an execution algorithm became more popular in recent years thanks to… Read More »
It was another quieter than average month-end fix in terms of potential savings from a longer window, however the overall… Read More »
“Unique liquidity” is a phrase I really don’t like, and it has to be said I often view it as… Read More »
It has been a time of change at FXSpotStream with co-founder and. CEO Alan Schwarz stepping down after almost 12… Read More »
Following the latest Full FX Unfiltered video with 360T’s head of swaps strategy Gavin Wells, Colin Lambert sat down with… Read More »
Following news that United Fintech following its acquisition of the business, is relaunching CobaltFX, Colin Lambert talks to United Fintech… Read More »
“Normalcy” has returned to some elements of financial markets with the return of the weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders report,… Read More »
BidFX recently launched its Liquidity Provision Analytics (LPA) product suite for customers, Colin Lambert talks to Daniel Chambers, head of… Read More »
UBS has agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a move to shore up the global banking system as much as… Read More »
Colin Lambert talks to Richard Elston, group head of institutional at CMC Markets Connect, about the opportunities and complexities involved… Read More »
The evolution of the FX market structure has always continued at its own leisurely pace, but I sense we are… Read More »
In the latest edition of The Full FX video series Unfiltered, Colin Lambert talks to Gavin Wells, head of FX… Read More »
The noose is closing inexorably around those firms in the FX market that believe they can use last look with… Read More »
An occasional question over the data published by The Full FX for every month-end Fix is that the overall savings… Read More »
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled its new director of enforcement, the unit of the regulator that heads… Read More »
This is the 100th column since we formed The Full FX, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who provides feedback… Read More »
There appears to be an eagerness around the industry to create a buzz around “peer-to-peer” spot FX trading, but I… Read More »
The pace of growth in FX turnover in Japan outperformed other centres according to the latest semi-annual FX turnover surveys,… Read More »
Long-term readers will be happy to hear that after a prolonged spell away, it’s time for me to take on… Read More »
Loop FX was unveiled to the world last year as the latest firm to seek to evolve the FX market,… Read More »
With all but the Japanese data published, the latest regional FX committee FX turnover surveys indicate that activity in markets… Read More »
A few weeks ago, a paper was published on the benefits available to FX markets from DeFi (decentralised finance) which… Read More »
By City Rover We should begin this month with a point of order to Editor Lamborghini. His response to last… Read More »
It was a quieter than usual month-end London 4pm Fix in January, although in the bigger picture there were some… Read More »
Bank of America’s latest FX market structure analysis finds that conditions in the FX market remained elevated after several events… Read More »
One of the challenges facing anyone trying to launch a new FX platform, or indeed to seriously grow an existing… Read More »
The December 2022 month-end FX benchmark fix marked the completion of the first full year of publication of these fixes… Read More »
In 2023 The Full FX is inviting selected guest writers to contribute their occasional thoughts on just about anything to… Read More »
I don’t know whether I was happy or irritated to find that last look exists in the car hire industry… Read More »
Potential savings from a longer London 4pm fixing window were pretty much in line with the long-term average at the… Read More »
Hedge funds are preparing for a tough 2023, with confidence falling to a two-year low in terms of the AIMA… Read More »
To the irritation of most of my regular readers (you’re a rough lot) I am determined to end the year… Read More »
With The Full FX View
It’s December, a month of goodwill, which means of course, I am about to take aim at someone – and… Read More »
One of the more important infrastructures in the FX industry has turned 20 – Colin Lambert takes a look at… Read More »
It was another month of potentially costly FX hedging for those firms using the shorter calculation window for their month-end… Read More »