The Last Look…
April 11, 2022
Refinitiv Benchmarks is to be applauded for releasing a public survey on possible reform of the WMR Benchmark Fix, for… Read More »
Refinitiv Benchmarks is to be applauded for releasing a public survey on possible reform of the WMR Benchmark Fix, for… Read More »
In terms of savings from a longer fixing window, the sixth analysis of FX month-end Fix flows, provided by Raidne… 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 »
Silicon Valley Bank has expanded its partnership with currency management technology firm Kantox to deploy the latter’s Dynamic Hedging solution… Read More »
There was mixed news for the primary FX venues in June with CME Group and Refinitiv seeing an increase in… Read More »
The results of a new survey conducted by XTX Markets finds that not only are market participants unhappy with the… Read More »
The US Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) has ended its pursuit of FX traders Rohan Ramchandani and Richard… Read More »
Paul Ainsworth has been appointed to the newly created position of head of institutional sales for Americas at LMAX Group.… Read More »
Deutsche Bank has launched a new set of foreign exchange indices to track 21 emerging markets currencies, reflecting, the bank… Read More »
LSEG’s Refinitiv has launched Matching platform in Indonesia, as the Southeast Asian nation focuses on further developing its financial markets.… Read More »
Prime-of-prime Equiti has rolled out FlexTrade System’s aggregation platform MaxxTrader. The firms say the roll out will allow Equiti customers… Read More »
In the latest edition of Currency Matters, Colin Lambert talks to Maria Aldous, partner at Options Group, about conditions in… Read More »
