What Happened at the Month-End Fix?
December 5, 2024
The November month-end FX Fix saw something remarkable – the first time it has occurred in the nearly-four years that… Read More »
The November month-end FX Fix saw something remarkable – the first time it has occurred in the nearly-four years that… Read More »
Last week’s column prompted several of you to get in touch with what was pretty much the same question. Where… Read More »
I think everyone knows by now that pre-hedging bothers me – it raises too many risks, is cloaked in ambiguity,… Read More »
IOSCO has published a much-anticipated consultation document on pre-hedging, following a survey of its own members, seeking wider views on… Read More »
There are those in our industry who genuinely fear for its future due to what they perceive as the inexorable… Read More »
Wafa M’Barek, Proposition Manager, SaaS Solution Market Taker Bank Segment, at 360T, joins Colin Lambert to talk about an aspect… Read More »
Ahead of testing kicking in on one of the FX industry’s biggest launches of recent times, Paul Houston, head of… Read More »
Robin Nicholas, head of FX swaps product at 360T, joins Colin Lambert for the latest Unfiltered video, to talk about… Read More »
“Feedback” and “Consultation” are interesting concepts in the world of conduct and regulation – I can’t count the number of… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Colin Lambert sits down with Yorke O’Leary and Chris Jackson, co-founders of OptAxe, to talk… Read More »
It’s clearly a more complex subject, but there is a whiff of the old hedge fund tactic around information when… Read More »
It has become fashionable in some circles to bemoan the lack of opportunities and profits available in FX markets, but… Read More »
In the latest Inheritors video in our series, Tabitha Smith, head of FX digital sales for EMEA at Citi, talks… Read More »
One year after acquiring Cürex Group, LMAX Group has unveiled a second FX deal aimed at expanding its product and… Read More »
I will confess, when I first heard of the proposed changes to LSEG FX’ Spot Matching, my initial reaction was… Read More »
LSEG is to introduce a form of decimalisation to a limited number of currency pairs on its spot Matching CLOB… Read More »
Our video series talking to the next generation of managers in the FX world continues with a very entertaining discussion… Read More »
In the latest Inheritors video in our series, which talks to the next generation of managers in the FX world,… Read More »
State Street is rolling out the next development in its transformation of GlobalLink Digital with the integration of a new… Read More »
In the latest Inheritors video, Kimiya Minoukadeh, head of e-FX quant trading at ING, talks to Eva Szalay about her… Read More »
The run of relatively subdued month-end FX fixes, in terms of market impact, continued in August, although savings were still… Read More »
Managing people has often been cited as the hardest job of leadership, with two opposing views. Is it a “necessary… Read More »
It’s peak migration season, not just in the Masai Mara but also in the world of FX platforms: major players… Read More »
In the second of our series talking to the next generation of managers in the Markets world, Eva Szalay sits… Read More »
This is the first in a new video series from The Full FX, The Inheritors, in which we talk to… Read More »
Is there a tipping point at which LPs in the spot FX business say “enough” and actually do something about… Read More »
Former HSBC head of FX cash trading Mark Johnson has launched another appeal to overturn his 2017 conviction for wire… Read More »
The latest column in our Voice of Experience series sees Simon Wilson-Taylor, senior partner at FastFin, takes a look at… Read More »
By historical standards it was a very quiet month end FX 4pm Fix, with the potential savings from calculating over… Read More »
Much happen while I was away? Apart from a global market meltdown of course? Amidst the bloodletting in markets last… Read More »
More than two weeks after its fellow FX committees published their semi-annual FX volume surveys for April 2024, the Tokyo… Read More »
FX platforms had a buoyant month in July as FXSpotStream recorded its second highest activity levels on record while 360T… Read More »
Kate Lowe, the head of GlobalLink FX at State Street, has resigned to pursue other opportunities after six years with… Read More »
The pre-hedging Spotlight Review from the FMSB merely serves to highlight, in my view, just how difficult, and potentially risky,… Read More »
The latest semi-annual FX turnover surveys from the world’s FX committees indicates that FX turnover has hit yet another new… Read More »
The subject of wholesale central bank digital currencies has gained new momentum this year and like so much in the… Read More »
With so much pressure to always do the right thing, be all inclusive, have an engaged and healthy workforce and… Read More »
It’s a cliché that the foreign exchange industry is a fast-evolving world, but nonetheless true, and the pace of evolution… Read More »
With The Full FX View LSEG FX has made a major splash in the FX industry, The Full FX understands,… Read More »
Amidst a generally quieter month end, with savings below average on offer for using a longer fixing window, there were… Read More »
I think we can all agree that the T+1 changeover in North America was handled smoothly by markets, and that… Read More »
In the latest edition of the podcast, Steve Flanagan and Colin Lambert are joined by The Full FX’ contributing editor… Read More »
The whole sorry episode of the USD/ZAR barrier and Neil Phillips’ actions has come to an end (perhaps) with his… Read More »
The Global FX Committee meets next week and one of the topics on the agenda will probably be pre-hedging, specifically… Read More »
The walls are crumbling. In the age-old build vs buy debate the last bastions of the in-house camp are crumbling… Read More »
In the second of our Human FX series, people development consultant and coach, Martina Doherty, discusses what it will take… Read More »
Let us return, friends, to an old favourite – the 4pm Fix – for this week there have been two… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Colin Lambert is joined by Paul Lambert, CEO of New Change FX, to discuss a… Read More »
In our latest Voice of Experience contribution, Ted Holloway follows up on recent columns in The Full FX looking at… Read More »
Although still below the average of 2023, May’s month-end Fix provided more serious market impact for users of the five-minute… Read More »
