Capitolis Sees Record September as Novations Momentum Builds
Although regulation, especially SA-CCR, has been a part of many institutions’ lives for some time, as we near 2025, more… Read More »
Although regulation, especially SA-CCR, has been a part of many institutions’ lives for some time, as we near 2025, more… Read More »
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has increased the capital add-on applied to ANZ to AUD750 million in response to… Read More »
We are all used to reading and hearing about the importance of speed in FX markets, but a new launch… Read More »
Hedge fund capital grew again in Q2, extending the record high reported in Q1 by indexation and analysis firm HFR,… Read More »
With The Full FX View BNP Paribas has extended its relationship with CobaltFX by deploying the recently-launched CobaltFX Analytics solution,… Read More »
With The Full FX View FX dark pool matching platform LoopFX has secured further funding as it develops its business,… Read More »
Regulatory changes are increasing the cost of managing OTC FX portfolios. Eurex’s Jens Quiram, global head of FIC derivatives and… Read More »
Hedge fund capital has hit a new record according to indexation and analytics firm HFR, at $4.11 trillion, thanks largely… Read More »
As flagged last week, the Basel Committee has launched a third consultation on proposed cryptoasset regulation, this one about a… Read More »
With 2023 rapidly becoming the year in which FX market participants really started to pay attention to the capital footprint… Read More »
The Basel Committee has agreed to consult on what it terms “targeted revisions” to its proposed standard on cryptoassets, although… Read More »
After several proof of concept runs, Quantile and LCH ForexClear last week formally launched FX Smart Clearing, a service that… Read More »
Esben Urbak, head of product at Quantile takes Colin Lambert through the development of the firm and how its service… Read More »
Hedge fund capital has returned to the $4 trillion level for the first time since 2021 in Q3 2023, the… Read More »
The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper seeking industry feedback on proposals to exempt structural FX… Read More »
With The Full FX View Dynamic credit is not a new concept, it has been, specifically, promoted by Cobalt for… Read More »
Capitolis is connecting to LCH ForexClear’s Smart Clearing solution, adding, the firm says, another layer of optimisation benefits to help… Read More »
Capitolis says it has gained “significant momentum” in its portfolio optimisation business in the first half of 2023, with its… Read More »
Proprietary trading firms in Europe are considering giving up their Mifid II licenses and/or moving operations outside the continent in… Read More »
Optimisation services provider Quantile is claiming an “industry first” by adding SwapAgent FX forwards to its counterparty risk optimisation service… Read More »
Capitolis says it has completed its 19th SA-CCR (Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk) optimisation in January, with this latest… Read More »
The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking… Read More »
The Basel Committee has published its first holistic evaluation of the impact and efficacy of the Basel III reforms, and… Read More »
Is it time to reassess the post-GFC regulatory world and consider nuancing many of the rules that were imposed more… Read More »
G-SIB regulation has become more of an issue in FX markets in recent years with several market sources linking it… Read More »
Ahead of Panel Three at the 60th World Congress of ACI – The Financial Markets Association, in association with The… Read More »
Year-end funding pressures have long been a part of the FX industry with liquidity historically challenged, however the underlying issues… Read More »
With The Full FX View State Street Global Link’s TradeNexus has partnered with optimisation provider Capitolis to launch an automated… Read More »
Capitolis says it has completed its 13th Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) run this year, marking the first… Read More »
One year after they raised several objections to an initial proposal, a group of financial markets industry associations have again… Read More »
In an update, Capital optimisation technology provider Capitolis says it has, through a frequent cadence of compression runs, helped its… 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 »
Eurex has announced that Morgan Stanley has started trading on its listed FX business, joining what the exchange group says… 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 latest in our video series is live, with Colin Lambert talking to Alex Knight, head of EMEA and global… Read More »
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has launched a second public consultation on the prudential treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures… Read More »
Hailed by the firms as a “landmark deal”, cryptocurrency exchange FTX has bailed out crypto lender BlockFi with the provision… Read More »
Very quietly the next big change on the regulatory horizon is approaching in stage 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules… Read More »
CME Group says it is seeing a new high in market participants holding large open interest positions in FX futures… Read More »
Capital optimisation solution provider Capitolis says two-thirds of the largest banks in the world have participated in balance sheet compression… Read More »
Osttra’s TriOptima has announced that its combined credit optimisation and compression service for mitigation of bilateral counterparty credit risk and… Read More »
MillTechFX, the FinTech affiliate of Millennium Global Investments, has partnered with Investec Bank to provide fund managers with a margin-free… Read More »
Risk management technology provider Acadia, and optimisation technology provider Capitolis, have launched SA-CCR Optimization, a service the firms say will… Read More »
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its latest Spotlight Review examining the existing structure of the precious metals… Read More »
Capital optimisation firm Capitolis is to integrate into State Street’s TradeNeXus platform, allowing the latter’s clients to access and identify… Read More »
The US Inter-Agency Working Group for Treasury Market Surveillance (IAWG) has published an update on its continuing work to better… Read More »
The latest monthly report from HFR reports that the total capital invested in the hedge fund industry rose above $4… Read More »
TriOptima, a unit of the recently formed Osttra, a joint venture of CME Group and IHS Markit, has announced a… Read More »
Former secretary general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, William (Bill) Coen, has joined the Baton Systems as a… Read More »
Just months after securing Series C funding of $90 million, and weeks after hitting a peak in novation volumes, financial… Read More »