CTAs Maintain Momentum in October
CTAs continued their strong collective 2022 with the Barclay CTA Index rising 0.22% in October with over 90% of funds… Read More »
CTAs continued their strong collective 2022 with the Barclay CTA Index rising 0.22% in October with over 90% of funds… Read More »
CTAs have continued to thrive in the volatile conditions in markets, with the Barclay CTA Index, managed by BarclayHedge, rising… Read More »
As has been the case for much of this year, macro hedge funds had another strong month in September, amidst… Read More »
After a month off, macro funds once again performed strongly in August, helping propel the HFRI Index to positive territory… Read More »
The Barclay CTA Index managed to eke out a 0.35% gain in June, as CTAs continued their strong collective 2022.… Read More »
CTA performance dipped for the first time since November 2021 according to the Barclay CTA Index from BarclayHedge, which has… Read More »
With volatility providing more trading opportunities, CTAs were quick to take advantage in April according to the Barclay CTA Index,… Read More »
CTAs had a reasonable start to the year, with the Barclay CTA Index recording a 0.63% rise for the month… Read More »
Manulife Investment Management has unveiled a raft of changes to its fixed income business which it says “strengthens the global… Read More »
Confirming that November was a tough month for investors, the Barclay CTA Index, managed by BarclayHedge, fell 1.2%, it remains,… Read More »
September was a rare down month for cryptocurrency traders in the Barclay CTA Index, which is up 0.34% for the… Read More »
Following the release last month of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee’s guidance paper on last lookin FX markets, oneZero is… Read More »
After a period of relatively quiet month-end London 4pm FX benchmark Fixes, August saw some significant moves ahead of, and… Read More »
Andrea Sanna has joined FCA regulated matched principal firm Alp Financial as senior liquidity manager to head up the execution… Read More »
CLS says it handled $1.745 trillion per day in traded FX volume during July, an across the board drop from… Read More »
It was suggested to me last week that the growth in outsourced trading in equity markets will inevitably spill over… Read More »
Digital assets trading technology provider Talos, has added a new feature to its platform to allow users to define and… Read More »
Oanda has named John Farda as managing director and head of North America, he will be based in New York… Read More »
The first group of FX platforms to report average daily volume (ADV) data, highlight a drop off in activity from… Read More »
Along with pre-hedging, last look has been one of the perennial challenges for the Global FX Committee as it seeks… Read More »
FX turnover surged to a new high in April 2021 according the semi-annual surveys conducted by the seven of the… Read More »
24 Exchange Bermuda has acquired New York-based 11B Technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed, the two companies have an existing… Read More »
There comes a time in every walk of life where delivering required change takes leadership. I believe the FX industry… Read More »
Just a week after the Global Foreign Exchange Committee updated the FX Global Code, including changes to recommended best practice… Read More »
Following what it says was a successful test phase, Eurex Clearing has gone live with its clearing service for deliverable… Read More »
CME Group has rolled out a new version of its FX Market Profile (FXMP) tool, the latest iteration includes data… Read More »
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has further extended its reach into the FX OTC space by fully acquiring the single source and… Read More »
Perhaps highlighting the diversification benefits of currency investing, currency managers were the only significant positive sub-index as the Barclay CTA… Read More »
In the first of a series of articles looking at the benefits of ultra-low latency, David Faulkner, global head of… Read More »
CLS has completed what it terms the “largest change initiative” it has undertaken since the launch of CLS Settlement in… Read More »
Growth in FX swaps trading propelled CLS Group to a month-on-month and year-on-year rise in activity according to data from… Read More »
Chronicle Software has expanded its FIX connectively by partnering with Reactive Markets. The partnership means Chronicle can now offer its… Read More »
“Intent is a difficult concept to demonstrate…the benefits arising from pre-hedging can be very difficult to show”. Therein lies the… Read More »
Edgewater Markets is joining the growing list of FX market participants to locate a pricing and trading engine in Singapore’s… Read More »
CLS has welcomed the changes to the FX Global Code, specifically those which place greater emphasis on the use of… Read More »
FX processing firm 9th Gear Technologies has named two senior appointments from the asset management industry to its roster. Meg… Read More »
In all, 11 Principles have been changed for the latest iteration of the FX Global Code, several of which have… Read More »
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) says it has completed the latest three-year review of the FX Global Code, and… Read More »
Mosiac Smart Data and Limeglass have entered into an alliance they say will better enable market participants to unlock the… Read More »
BidFX and XTX Markets have announced the full roll-out of XTX Markets’ Execution Algo on the BidFX Algo Hub. It… Read More »
In this occasional series, The Full FX talks with leading industry figures to find out what they are focusing on and what… Read More »
Peter Ward has been named head of markets electronic trading and digital strategy at Barclays. He will be based in… Read More »
The latest quarterly report from Kyriba says that currency volatility in Q1 2021 negatively impacted North American and European companies… Read More »
FlexTrade’s order management system (OMS) has been selected by UBS Execution Hub for its core platform. UBS Execution Hub taps… Read More »
CME Group’s EBS has rolled out its new iteration of EBS Direct, its relationship platform first launched in 2013. The… Read More »
Eurex and the Korea Exchange (KRX) will strengthen the product range tradable via their joint Eurex/KRX link with US dollar/Korean… Read More »
Caroline Charbonneau has joined Deutsche Bank as part of its continued build out of its EMEA risk management solutions team.… Read More »
A friend of mine in the analysis business (and of a similar vintage) recently bemoaned how people now get excited… Read More »
In the second of the Disruptor Series, Colin Lambert and LMAX Group CEO David Mercer look at the crossover between… Read More »
A class action lawsuit against a group of banks for alleged manipulation of FX markets moves a stage further this… Read More »