The Last Look…
June 11, 2024
Should banks be touting the “house view” of FX markets given how poor, historically, so many economists and strategists have… Read More »
Should banks be touting the “house view” of FX markets given how poor, historically, so many economists and strategists have… Read More »
Much has been made about how different roles in the FX market have changed, evolution tends to make that happen,… Read More »
Don’t bother with them, don’t invest in them, don’t throw any resource at it. This is the first in a… Read More »
Any time there is change at the top of one of the FX industry’s major platforms it creates a buzz,… Read More »
Following the departure of its head of capital markets two weeks ago (The Full FX newsletter 14/5/24), further major changes… Read More »
Smaller technology providers are facing a tough choice as they attempt to adhere to UK and EU rules defining what… Read More »
Much noise has been made about the impending shift to T+1 settlement in North American securities, but with one week… Read More »
There has been a lot of noise around central bank digital currencies in recent years, and central banks continue to… Read More »
One aspect of having a public, and rather robust stance on certain issues – in this case last look –… Read More »
Across the 37 months that The Full FX has been publishing data on the month-end Fix, there have often been… Read More »
April continued to relatively subdued start to 2024 when it comes to market impact at the month-end Fix, notwithstanding which,… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Chris Leonard-Appleton, head of FX Risk and Regulation at LSEG, and Colin Lambert, have plenty… Read More »
With less than a month to go before the big changeover in North American securities markets to T+1 settlement, Lisa… Read More »
The failure by former HSBC head of cash trading Mark Johnson to have his conviction vacated in the US effectively… Read More »
The latest edition of the podcast sees Colin Lambert and Steve Flanagan allow a former FX salesperson into the conversation… Read More »
Ollie Jerome has returned to the FX industry after being named as European head of FX at Deutsche Bank, The… Read More »
Although strictly independent, and looking at the issue from a purely academic standpoint, the recent paper on pre-Fix hedging by… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered film, Stephen Totten, head of institutional and quantitative product at oneZero is joined by Paul Lambert,… Read More »
One of the big topics in the FX market at the moment is the increasingly agitated response of Japan to… Read More »
By City Rover Spare a thought, Dear Reader, for the FX Options Trader. Does it not strike you as odd,… Read More »
With The Full FX View CLS has formally ruled out making any changes to its main settlement service ahead… Read More »
In our latest Voice of Experience column, regular contributor, Ted Holloway, takes a look back, but only as the basis… Read More »
Not for the first time over the past decade or so, it seems that, for some, expectations around the growth… Read More »
Both the UK and EU have sought to clarify the ‘trading perimeter’ in financial markets, bringing ‘platforms’ and ‘technology providers’… Read More »
For the third consecutive month, the potential savings from using a longer window for the month-end FX Fix were below… Read More »
Part Two of the latest edition in the Full FX Disruptor Series, with LMAX Group, sees David Mercer, CEO of… Read More »
This week’s column is full of opinion and thought-provoking observations, but it has a different author – I think Eva… Read More »
One of the FX themes of the transition to T+1 settlement in North American securities markets has been the attitude… Read More »
On his recent trip to the UK, Colin Lambert got to sit down with LMAX Group CEO David Mercer for… Read More »
One question popped up from correspondents more than any other after last week’s column – how successful has the exchange… Read More »
In the latest Voice of Experience column, Steve Flanagan highlights a risk to the FX markets that is external to LPs,… Read More »
With The Full FX View A new policy paper from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) calls for… Read More »
Following the recent J.P. Morgan e-Trading Edit, which surveyed traders’ opinions on a range of issues facing financial markets, Colin… Read More »
It was a mixed bag of outcomes at the February month-end FX benchmark fix, with six of the regular currencies… Read More »
With The Full FX View Post-trade provider Osttra, a joint venture between CME Group and S&P Global, is to launch… Read More »
The podcast is back in 2024 with a new format as Colin Lambert is joined by two contributors to The… Read More »
The approaching T+1 switchover is grabbing most of the attention in the FX industry – rightly so, it is the… Read More »
The automation of FX options has become a bigger theme in FX circles over the past year, making it an… Read More »
I wonder if any of those firms that have been granted patents in the FX industry are looking nervously over… Read More »
The world’s FX committees recently released FX turnover data for October 2023, indicating that spot FX activity was down compared… Read More »
The execution cost at the month-end Fix is well-documented, but in the latest Unfiltered interview, Colin Lambert talks to Jamie… Read More »
How worried, or otherwise, should we be about buy-side adoption of the FX Global Code and how much more effort… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video interview, Colin Lambert discusses the importance of smarter FX hedging strategies with Mattias Eriksson, CEO… Read More »
The latest execution data from the semi-annual FX turnover surveys published by the UK’s FX Joint Standing Committee and New… Read More »
While the 2024 edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit has the expected concerns over volatility and liquidity at the… Read More »
Market impact at the month-end FX fix was significantly lower than the average, indeed the potential savings from using the… Read More »
The information released regarding the episode between Westpac and its client that led to the bank being fined for its… Read More »
Data released by seven FX committees around the world indicates that the FX market continued to grow through to October… Read More »
It is likely to be one of the biggest events of the year in the FX industry, and as Marc… Read More »
Westpac has been fined just AUD 9.8 million for what an Australian court found to be “unconscionable conduct” in relation… Read More »
