The Last Look…
September 13, 2022
FX Global Code only liquidity – discuss… Well, the first thing to stress is that I fully support the efforts… Read More »
FX Global Code only liquidity – discuss… Well, the first thing to stress is that I fully support the efforts… Read More »
Following a request for feedback initiative in April, which the firm says is still open on its website, Refinitiv Benchmarks… Read More »
Apart from “stops at”, has there ever been a more persistent rumour in FX markets than those about a big… Read More »
It is of probably some relief to users of the WM London 4pm Benchmark Fix that after what was a… Read More »
Why the FX industry should not follow the all-to-all, fully transparent, equities style market structure, part 106. Just when we… Read More »
Ahead of the release of the eagerly-awaited Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Survey of FX Turnover, The Full FX is… Read More »
Ahead of the release of the eagerly-awaited Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Survey of FX Turnover, The Full FX is… Read More »
Ahead of the release of the eagerly-awaited Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Survey of FX Turnover, The Full FX is… Read More »
Ahead of the release of the eagerly-awaited Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Survey of FX Turnover, The Full FX is… Read More »
Deutsche Börse’s 360TGTX has announced that effective 1 October 2022, only signatories to the latest version of the FX Global… Read More »
There are a lot of initiatives underway in the FX payments and settlement space, but the sense is that the… Read More »
Liquidity is front and centre in the latest podcast as Sam Horowitz, head of FX distribution and liquidity management at… Read More »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper looking at the issue of pre-hedging and while… Read More »
The latest regional FX committee turnover surveys indicate that, perhaps not unexpectedly, that the sustained volatility in FX markets has… Read More »
We can argue about pre-hedging and last look all we like, but has there ever been a more divisive subject… Read More »
The US Department of Justice has charged three men, including an ex-Coinbase employee, of insider trading in digital assets. What… Read More »
Kevin Wolf, CEO of Euronext FX and Euronext US, is leaving the group to pursue other external opportunities. Confirming his… Read More »
We said goodbye to a friend of mine – and many of you – with the laying to rest of… Read More »
A few readers were in touch about last week’s column to suggest that I under-played the role of prime brokers… Read More »
The benefits of publishing a month-end London 4pm benchmark using a longer window were mixed for the June fixing, however,… Read More »
The latest in our video series is live, with Colin Lambert talking to Alex Knight, head of EMEA and global… Read More »
The plaintiffs, led by XTX Markets, in the ongoing class action against Currenex, State Street, HC Tech and Goldman Sachs… Read More »
I accept that this column often criticises, it is part and parcel of this job, but this week I come… Read More »
As the one-year anniversary of the updated FX Global Code approaches, two senior members of the Federal Reserve Bank of… Read More »
I had a very interesting conversation with someone in the crypto world last week during which we agreed that the… Read More »
An article in the latest BIS Bulletin, published by the Bank for International Settlements, highlights the practice of MEV (miner… Read More »
There have been hints that regulation is forcing banks’ to widen their FX swaps pricing, not least the Bank for… Read More »
Over the years there have been three main issues I felt the FX industry needed to deal with, one of… Read More »
With settlement risk a hot topic in the FX industry, Colin Lambert talks with Alex Knight, head of EMEA at… Read More »
The first month-end London 4pm Fix since Refinitiv Benchmarks concluded a feedback initiative over the use of the WMR Fix… Read More »
Finn Jakobsen from KX joins Colin Lambert to talk about how financial markets are consuming data and how they can… Read More »
Very quietly, the FX Global Code turned five last week. I remember being in New York for a Profit &… Read More »
In the fourth instalment of the Disruptor series, Colin Lambert and LMAX Group CEO David Mercer get to talk –… Read More »
While aimed at the broader community, last week’s announcement from Deutsche Bank that it was making vendor sustainability ratings compulsory… Read More »
Stablecoins – discuss. At least I have one ‘W’ under my belt when Galen Stops and I reconvene to assess… Read More »
Taking advantage of the first in-person event from The Full FX, Colin Lambert took the opportunity to catch up with Sally… Read More »
Well, this column was going to discuss the question, ‘What’s with Bitcoin price action recently?’ but the market seems to… Read More »
Months of rumours of Refinitiv becoming the first of the primary FX venues to locate in SG1 have been answered… Read More »
With Refinitiv Benchmarks completing its consultation over the future of the WM Fix, and Raidne releasing a new service that… Read More »
Last Friday – a month-end ironically – marked the closing of the Refinitiv consultation on revising the WM Fix and… Read More »
I was talking to someone in the platform world the other day who suggested these were golden days for the… Read More »
Colin Lambert talks to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group about conditions in FX and crypto markets – and effecting… Read More »
In the third episode of the Disruptor series, David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, talks about the recent addition of… Read More »
LSEG’s Refinitiv has launched a Request for Feedback initiative on key aspects of the WM/Refinitiv Spot Rates (WMR) methodology and… Read More »
The crypto evolution thus far has largely been a story of volatility, trend and yield – all of which have,… Read More »
Perhaps not unexpectedly given it was a quarter end – although it has to be pointed out this was not… Read More »
The Full FX is coming to Scandinavia on May 12 at the Hotel At Six, Stockholm. With geopolitical tensions and… Read More »
Colin Lambert talks to newly-appointed chair of the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), Kevin Wolf, about the challenges and opportunities… Read More »
I know I need to get out more, but I was reading the latest minutes published by the UK FX… Read More »
In response to ongoing market events and clients requests, EBS has decided to extend the timeline for its technology migration… Read More »
