The Last Look…
March 18, 2025
There are many out there who believe that FX is, inevitably, following equities in market structure terms, but yet again,… 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 »
Longer windows to calculate month-end fixes continue to offer substantial potential savings thus far in 2023, however they remain below… Read More »
Former HSBC FX trading head Mark Johnson has petitioned the US Eastern District Court of New York to have his… Read More »
There was a time when it was assumed that a decent corporate franchise was the backbone of an FX business… Read More »
A new report from FX-as-a-service provide MillTechFX finds that corporates in North America are looking to diversify their FX counterparties… Read More »
A new paper published by the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) offers insight into what will no doubt be a… Read More »
The latest quarterly Kyriba Currency Impact Report finds that the currency impact in Q4 2022 on corporations in North America… Read More »
By City Rover ….George Clooney, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and Initial D occupy the mind of… Read More »
A study published by Liberty Street Economics, which features insights and analysis from economists working at the Federal Reserve Bank… Read More »
It was another quieter than average month-end fix in terms of potential savings from a longer window, however the overall… Read More »
New thematic research from NAB finds that Australian superannuation funds are increasing their offshore exposures – a move that was… Read More »
NatWest has unveiled a new passive currency hedging service in partnership with currency management services provider Lumint Corporation. With the… Read More »
Whether it be hedging activity, traders using information or just happenstance, a persistent challenge and area of controversy in FX… Read More »
It was another month of potentially costly FX hedging for those firms using the shorter calculation window for their month-end… Read More »
CME Group is extending its Basis Trade at Index (BTIC) futures product suite to allow FX traders to hedge the… Read More »
State Street has been appointed by China’s Harvest Fund Management to provide onshore CNY foreign exchange hedging services for their… Read More »
Currency manager Adrian Lee & Partners has unveiled two senior appointments in London and Sydney with the hiring or Dr… Read More »
With the US dollar on a sustained bull run, the latest Kyriba Currency Impact Report (CIR) highlights just how much… Read More »
Following a minority investment in FX software provider Kantox in 2019, BNP Paribas has announced the signature of an agreement… Read More »
DBS has partnered with fintech FinLync to deliver embedded real-time payments and cash management for corporate treasuries, enabling, the firms… Read More »
German chemical giant BASF has selected Multiverse Computing as a partner for the development of quantum software for the multinational’s… Read More »
With global authorities increasingly assertive in their warnings over the potential financial stability threat from the merging of crypto-asset and… Read More »
The last month-end London 4pm Fix of 2021 saw more subdued activity after the blow out in November, with sources… Read More »
