The Full FX Unfiltered – with CME Group
Late last year, CME Group unveiled plans for a new spot FX marketplace, FX Spot+, prompting Colin Lambert to chat… Read More »
Late last year, CME Group unveiled plans for a new spot FX marketplace, FX Spot+, prompting Colin Lambert to chat… Read More »
2023 closed out on a nasty note for users of the WM five-minute benchmark fix with the last two months… Read More »
Just as we listed our 10 “most-read” stories at the top of the last newsletter of 2023 – it’s an… Read More »
By Lisa Danino-Lewis, Chief Growth Officer, CLS As we approach 2024 amid uncertain market conditions and an ever-changing geopolitical and… Read More »
CME’s announcement of FX Spot+ over the past few days looks like a move to fill a gap and create… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Alex Knight, head of EMEA at Baton Systems, talks to Colin Lambert about what is… Read More »
Investors whose funds use the five-minute WM window for the month-end FX fix missed out on potential savings of more… Read More »
You probably read last week that the London Metal Exchange managed to successfully defend charges relating to the meltdown in… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, John Stead, pre-sales and marketing director at smartTrade Technologies, talks to Colin Lambert about a… Read More »
The latest Voice of Experience from The Full FX, a series that taps into the knowledge of senior, and independent,… Read More »
There is more data available to financial markets participants than ever before and it will continue to grow, but there… Read More »
CLS has become a more prominent part of the discussion surrounding next year’s impending change to T+1 settlement in North… Read More »
Esben Urbak, head of product at Quantile takes Colin Lambert through the development of the firm and how its service… Read More »
Last week’s Full FX conference included – as is inevitable these days – multiple references to AI and its potential,… Read More »
By City Rover As the readership of this column surges into double figures (Yours – Ed), I feel sure that… Read More »
Customers like to moan…FX dealers like to moan…let’s face it, everybody likes a good moan every now and again! Which… Read More »
The pattern of lower market impact at the month-end FX fix continued in October, with potential savings from using the… Read More »
This is the second in our occasional series, The Voice of Experience, which taps into the experience of senior, and… Read More »
Ahead of The Full FX London conference on 8 November, Finteum co-founder and CEO Brian Nolan talks to Colin Lambert… Read More »
It took just half a day for a Manhattan jury to convict former Glen Point Capital CEO Neil Phillips of… Read More »
It was interesting gauging reactions to last week’s two M&A announcements, while one was largely expected, the other was somewhat… Read More »
Randomisation was seen as the key to “cleaner” FX markets when launched, but now, as Eva Szalay reports, the two… Read More »
The trial of former Glen Point Capital CEO Neil Phillips has taken an interesting turn after a few weeks of… Read More »
By City Rover It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be… Read More »
The Voice of Experience is a new series from The Full FX which taps into the experience of senior, and… Read More »
In the latest in the Unfiltered video series, Colin Lambert talks to Loop FX CEO Blair Hawthorne about the challenges… Read More »
The latest changes announced by EBS to its primary FX trading venue are interesting, because they could be viewed as… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Digitec CEO Peer Joost, talks to Colin Lambert about the company’s recent release of D3… Read More »
We all dream of retirement right? Well, Eva Szalay has some words of wisdom – and warning – for those… Read More »
In the latest edition of the podcast – sponsored by Lucera Financial Infrastructures – Colin Lambert talks to Scotte Moegling,… Read More »
Market impact was once again a factor at the August month-end FX fix with the potential savings from a window… Read More »
It is time, again, to talk about LP behaviour on platforms and those platforms’ apparent inability, or refusal, to act… Read More »
In 2019, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) flagged what was clearly seen by the authorities as a growing problem… Read More »
I’ll keep this quick – the northern hemisphere is facing public holidays in the UK and US after all –… Read More »
It’s always interesting when there is a major change at the top of a major FX platform business, as it… Read More »
Jeff Ward has been named as the new CEO of FXSpotStream, ending an extensive search for a replacement for Alan… Read More »
Naturally, I am going to take advantage of the recently-published BIS paper on HFTs in dark pools to give the… Read More »
It is easy for me to tell that AI is starting to gain traction in financial markets from the number… Read More »
We’ve been trawling through the latest FX turnover reports from the UK, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia and Canada,… Read More »
With The Full FX View The Global Foreign Exchange Division’s Market Architecture Group (MAG) has published a third study… Read More »
The latest FX turnover surveys from the major trading centres indicates that FX turnover in April 2023 likely declined from… Read More »
Former HSBC FX trading head Mark Johnson has petitioned the US Eastern District Court of New York to have his… Read More »
There was a time when it was assumed that a decent corporate franchise was the backbone of an FX business… Read More »
Alex Knight, Head of EMEA at Baton Systems explains how the impact of efficient post-trade processes can be felt across… Read More »
Reading the ESMA review on pre-hedging a couple of thoughts came to me on two of my favourite subjects –… Read More »
By City Rover This month’s trip down memory lane takes us to February 2003. The Nasdaq was hovering around 1,000,… Read More »
The podcast is back and in this edition Colin Lambert and Sam Horowitz, head of FX distribution and liquidity management… Read More »
With The Full FX View As with so many issues in foreign exchange, indeed in financial markets generally, the issue… Read More »
The end of Q2 2023 was a relatively subdued affair around the London 4pm Fix, with the potential savings measuring… Read More »
Sometimes, I hear an idea so ostensibly silly, I feel the need share it – and today is your lucky… Read More »