The Last Look…
September 26, 2023
The latest changes announced by EBS to its primary FX trading venue are interesting, because they could be viewed as… Read More »
The latest changes announced by EBS to its primary FX trading venue are interesting, because they could be viewed as… Read More »
I have noted through various channels over the past few months, how the FX swaps market structure appears to be… Read More »
I’ll keep this quick – the northern hemisphere is facing public holidays in the UK and US after all –… Read More »
Naturally, I am going to take advantage of the recently-published BIS paper on HFTs in dark pools to give the… Read More »
In this Unfiltered interview, Colin Lambert talks to Al Crane, MD, Account Management & Business Development at Lucera, about the… Read More »
My antenna was tweaked a week or so ago by a report that at least two HFT-type firms were supposedly… Read More »
SEC chair Gary Gensler is attracting a lot of “heat” as they say in the US, especially from the crypto… Read More »
The latest Global FX Microstructure in Review paper from Bank of America, highlights a first quarter of 2023 in FX… Read More »
ISDA has launched a survey of FX market participants to better understand if its FX and Currency Options Definitions, released… Read More »
The evolution of the FX market structure has always continued at its own leisurely pace, but I sense we are… Read More »
The seventh edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit, which surveys traders for their key issues in markets, finds that… Read More »
Is it time to reassess the post-GFC regulatory world and consider nuancing many of the rules that were imposed more… Read More »
In the latest episode in the Disruptor Series, LMAX Group CEO and The Full FX’s Colin Lambert have a spectacular… Read More »
Do we need to change how the BIS Triennial Survey data is collated and published? I am always reluctant to… Read More »
Why the FX industry should not follow the all-to-all, fully transparent, equities style market structure, part 106. Just when we… Read More »
Liquidity is front and centre in the latest podcast as Sam Horowitz, head of FX distribution and liquidity management at… Read More »
Here’s a question: What’s happening in the non-bank market maker space in FX? It was noticeable during my extended trip… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a blueprint for a future digital monetary system based upon Central Bank… Read More »
I had a very interesting conversation with someone in the crypto world last week during which we agreed that the… Read More »
Well, this column was going to discuss the question, ‘What’s with Bitcoin price action recently?’ but the market seems to… Read More »
Colin Lambert talks to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group about conditions in FX and crypto markets – and effecting… Read More »
The crypto market structure is still developing, but it is interesting that at the retail end of the spectrum it… Read More »
I am often asked why I have a problem with transparency, in certain circles there is genuine disbelief that someone… Read More »
The Full FX is coming to Scandinavia on May 12 at the Hotel At Six, Stockholm. With geopolitical tensions and… Read More »
Colin Lambert talks to newly-appointed chair of the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), Kevin Wolf, about the challenges and opportunities… Read More »
Long-time readers will know I have issues with repapering trades unless it is a genuine “fat-finger” error – a panic… Read More »
A new paper seeking to identify the crucial elements required for a successful adoption of wholesale central bank digital currencies… Read More »
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the volatility in one and likely increased activity in the other, a new survey finds that proprietary… Read More »
With investors piling into crypto market structure ventures, prompting increasingly higher valuations of many firms, one core metric of a… Read More »
The publication a couple of weeks ago by the FMSB of a Spotlight Review of the precious metals market structure,… Read More »
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its latest Spotlight Review examining the existing structure of the precious metals… Read More »
The US Inter-Agency Working Group for Treasury Market Surveillance (IAWG) has published an update on its continuing work to better… Read More »
The latest financial markets semi-annual survey by Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, finds that while respondents consider conditions to have… Read More »
There are many reasons I hope the FX market does not follow the path of equities – and the start… Read More »
Exactly what are institutional attitudes to cryptocurrency markets? As a subject, crypto, largely headlined by the price of bitcoin it… Read More »
The FX swaps market is changing. The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a catalyst for electronification in the space, but… 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 »
A new report published by Arcane Research says that bitcoin is becoming increasingly legitimised through the growing market and infrastructure,… Read More »
Stephen Bruel has been named as senior analyst at Coalition Greenwich on its market structure and technology team. He will… Read More »
I have longed viewed bitcoin as something to trade – and little more. The evangelists will have you believe it… Read More »
One of the lasting legacies of the pandemic, in FX terms at least, is likely to be market structure change.… Read More »
