Automation, Increased FX Hedging, Focus for Buy Side in 2026: Survey
February 27, 2026
Corporates and fund managers are increasing their currency hedging activities thanks to sustained higher volatility, and are also looking at… Read More »
Corporates and fund managers are increasing their currency hedging activities thanks to sustained higher volatility, and are also looking at… Read More »
The amount and proportion of FX hedging activity has doubled since the 2008 global financial crisis with pension funds and… Read More »
Deutsche Bank is to integrate its FX-as-a-service offering HausFX into Blackrock’s Aladdin OMS that is used by in excess of… Read More »
It has been pointed out to me by an observant reader, that the first column of every year since Michelle… Read More »
Just days after releasing a survey revealing that UK funds are planning to combat increased Sterling volatility by ramping up… Read More »
What is it with FX costs that’s so hard to get? For a third of asset managers, the costs of… Read More »
UK fund managers are planning to ramp up hedging in 2026 thanks to currency volatility, especially in Sterling, although many… Read More »
UK and US corporates dramatically reduced their currency hedging activity in Q3, but expect it to rise again in 2026,… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video interview, Aled Basey, head of Haus FX and FX execution advisory, UK at Deutsche Bank… Read More »
The latest report from MillTech surveying North American fund managers paints a picture of firms impacted by FX volatility, as… Read More »
“Pre-hedging”, or “hedging ahead of the Fix” as it is referred to around the major FX benchmark fixes, remains a… Read More »
As someone who has argued pretty much from the start that Mark Johnson’s conviction was wrong, it comes as something… Read More »
While uncertainty over the impact of US tariffs on domestic inflation persists, the associated currency volatility is impacting North American… Read More »
A paper in the latest issue of the Bank for International Settlements’ Bulletin, looks at the role of currency hedgers… Read More »
Data from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) looking at The Netherlands’ pension fund sector, finds that FX risk, in particular the… Read More »
C8 Technologies, an FX advisory firm founded by former Blue Crest Capital Management partners Mattias Eriksson and Ebrahim Kasenally, has… Read More »
Last week’s column prompted a decent mailbag, which collectively made the point that we all know there is a recurring… Read More »
Corporates are responding to tariff-driven volatility by increasing, albeit slightly, their FX hedging ratios and lengths, according to the latest… Read More »
Execution costs from using a shorter fixing window rose at the end of what was a busy month in FX… Read More »
NAB has launched its latest Superannuation Insights Survey – the 12th edition of the biennial survey that taps into the… Read More »
Market impact costs rose for the March month-end benchmark fix compared to recent results, although it was very much a… Read More »
Fund managers and corporates are responding to the increase in FX volatility thanks to rising geopolitical tensions, by increasing their… Read More »
There are many out there who believe that FX is, inevitably, following equities in market structure terms, but yet again,… Read More »
Corporates are suffering higher losses on their unhedged FX risk and are looking to FX options to alleviate the pain… Read More »
2024 closed out with a relatively quiet month-end benchmark fix, with savings from using a longer calculation window largely in… Read More »
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is contesting the latest attempt by former HSBC head of FX cash trading Mark… Read More »
The rise in geopolitical tensions and the US election, have led UK fund managers to increase their FX hedging activities,… Read More »
The latest report from MillTech FX finds that amidst UK corporate concerns over the impact of FX volatility, these firms… Read More »
Just weeks after its Q2 Corporate FX Hedging Monitor found that political uncertainty was driving corporate FX hedging decisions, MillTech… Read More »
Trans-Atlantic politics are having opposite effects as far as corporate hedging decisions are concerned, with US companies increasing their hedge… Read More »
The pre-hedging Spotlight Review from the FMSB merely serves to highlight, in my view, just how difficult, and potentially risky,… Read More »
C8 Technologies, a London-based fintech founded by former BlueCrest Capital Management partners Mattias Eriksson and Ebrahim Kasenally, is adding FX… Read More »
The Global FX Committee meets next week and one of the topics on the agenda will probably be pre-hedging, specifically… Read More »
Two FX industry veterans and founders of consulting firms have unveiled a new partnership aimed providing an in-depth and comprehensive… Read More »
AccessFintech and BNY Mellon have announced a partnership to bring a joint solution to the market for addressing FX workflow… Read More »
The failure by former HSBC head of cash trading Mark Johnson to have his conviction vacated in the US effectively… Read More »
Former HSBC head of cash FX trading Mark Johnson’s petition to have his conviction overturned has been denied by a… Read More »
Continuing a theme of its regular surveys, the latest report from MillTechFX – this time on European corporates – argues… Read More »
Although FX markets remained within or close to recent ranges in Q3 2023, there was a change in the domicile… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video interview, Colin Lambert discusses the importance of smarter FX hedging strategies with Mattias Eriksson, CEO… Read More »
Analysis of the 12 month-end fixes in 2023 suggests that market impact was slightly reduced from the 12 months previously,… Read More »
Bursa Malaysia has entered the FX futures fray with its first contract, a mini USD/CNH, via a licensing agreement with… Read More »
JP Morgan has introduced new Hong Kong dollar pair FX Warrants in the Hong Kong market, making it, the bank… Read More »
The latest Currency Impact Report (CIR) from Kyriba, indicates that while they still face headwinds, US corporates were less impacted… Read More »
Just days after its rival State Street launched its own FX solution to help clients overcome the challenges associated with… Read More »
In preparation for the US equity market’s transition to a T+1 settlement cycle scheduled for 28 May, 2024, State Street… Read More »
It was another quieter than average month-end FX benchmark Fix in September, with the good news being that two of… Read More »
Following a similar report in July that corporates were looking to diversify their FX counterparties, MillTechFX has now released a… 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 »
Tradeweb says it has gone live with its FX Swap Workflow product, build in collaboration with LSEG’s FXall, that links… Read More »
