Mixed Volume Data at CLS and ForexClear
The FX volume reporting “season” has closed out for October with both CLS and LCH ForexClear reporting mixed numbers, albeit… Read More »
The FX volume reporting “season” has closed out for October with both CLS and LCH ForexClear reporting mixed numbers, albeit… Read More »
Two weeks ago I wrote about the feedback initiative from the GFXC, part of which covered FX settlement, within which… Read More »
Japanese giant MUFG Bank has gone live on CLS’ bilateral payment netting service, CLSNet, which offers settlement of a wider… Read More »
Largely driven by a surge in non-spot activity, settlement services provider CLS has reported a new record for settlement volumes… Read More »
In its latest update on FX volumes post the switch to T+1 in North American securities market at the end… Read More »
CLS settled its second-highest volume of spot FX trades in August, as part of what was the third busiest month… Read More »
As was the case with those FX platforms to report volume data, CLS also saw a decline in settlement volumes… Read More »
While in recent years the FX platforms have occasionally struggled to match the pace of growth seen in FX markets… Read More »
Following a string of strong reports from FX trading platforms, CLS has also set a new high for daily settlement… 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 The Full FX View CLS has provided an update on activity across its core CLS Settlement service just over… Read More »
As forecasted by the earlier reporting from trading platforms, the volume of FX settlements handled by CLS fell in May… Read More »
CLS has appointed five new members to its board of directors, following its annual general meeting in early June. Teddy… Read More »
CLS says that Barclays has officially gone live on its cross currency swaps (CCS) service – an extension of CLS’s… Read More »
As was the case with many of the FX platforms to report results earlier this month, CLS also benefitted from… 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 latest edition of the podcast sees Colin Lambert and Steve Flanagan allow a former FX salesperson into the conversation… Read More »
In what is becoming a pattern for the FX settlement service provider, CLS saw a healthy bounce in activity to… Read More »
With The Full FX View CLS has formally ruled out making any changes to its main settlement service ahead… Read More »
Volumes handled by FX settlement service CLS dropped in February, with activity in all three product sets falling from January,… 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 »
With The Full FX View A new policy paper from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) calls for… Read More »
The approaching T+1 switchover is grabbing most of the attention in the FX industry – rightly so, it is the… Read More »
It was a strong start to the year for CLS, which has reported its second highest average daily volume across… Read More »
It is likely to be one of the biggest events of the year in the FX industry, and as Marc… Read More »
CLS is maintaining momentum in Japan with the addition of a third manufacturing company, DIC Corporation, joining CLS Settlement as… Read More »
As was the case with the FX platforms that previously reported volume data, CLS has closed out 2023 with historically-strong… Read More »
CLS says it handled $2.051 trillion per day in November, a 2.5% increase from November and up 8.4% year-on-year –… 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 »
CLS says that Tokio Marine & Nichido Life Insurance and Nisshin Fire & Marine Insurance, two of Tokio Marine Holdings… Read More »
Today, (28 November) marks the six-month threshold for the headline act of the past six months in markets, the US… Read More »
The final group of FX volume data released confirms the mixed nature of October in terms of volume traded, although… 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 »
Ahead of the US securities’ markets shift to T+1 settlement at the end of May 2024, CLS has completed a… Read More »
CLS has reported its fifth highest average daily volume and the third highest this year, with the settlement service handling… Read More »
CLS has welcomed the latest progress report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on the G20 plan to enhance cross-border… Read More »
Redundancy of technology has been a big part of the FX industry’s thinking for decades now – why was EBS… Read More »
For dealers of a certain generation the words “five-eighths a half, might pay nine-sixteenths for a Japanese name” evoke the… Read More »
Swift says it has entered a new phase of its work on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) interoperability, announcing that… Read More »
CLS says that it has added three of its settlement members to its cross-currency swaps (CCS) settlement service, naming two… Read More »
As has been the case thus far with the July FX volume reports, the data from CLS is mixed, with… Read More »
The reporting cycle for June’s FX volumes has been completed with LSEG FX following the trend in spot activity from… Read More »
As was the case with those platforms to reports volume data, CLS volumes offer a mixed picture in May, with… Read More »
CLS has named six new directors to its board of directors, following its annual general meeting. The new appointees are… Read More »
Bangkok Bank’s Hong Kong branch has become the first Thai bank to access CLS Settlement as a third-party participant, via… Read More »
CLS Group has completed the reporting schedule of FX volumes for April with the utility largely in line with FX… Read More »
CLS has closed out the latest monthly reporting cycle with activity broadly reflecting that seen by the platforms who released… Read More »
Following a mixed set of results from those FX platforms to report data, the CLS FX volume report for February… Read More »
If anyone was wondering why there is so much emphasis on payment-versus-payment in FX markets amongst regulators, they need only… Read More »
The latest FX data from the world’s FX committee’s offers mixed news for those platforms to publish trading volumes, with… Read More »