The Last Look…
April 21, 2026
Prediction markets are the hot topic in certain parts of the world, indeed, Eva wrote about the staggering valuations in… Read More »
Prediction markets are the hot topic in certain parts of the world, indeed, Eva wrote about the staggering valuations in… Read More »
Pablo Hernández de Cos, general manager at the Bank for International Settlements, has called for greater cooperation among global regulators… Read More »
I predict a riot. What begins with a K and is valued at $22 billion? In a business that handles… Read More »
Tapping into a hot topic, The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Consultation Report on Good Practices… Read More »
Legendary American macro whizz Stan Druckenmiller is no fan of bitcoin, and yet, while maintaining that as a store of… Read More »
While regulatory trends have dominated derivatives market thinking for several years, a new report from Crisil Coalition Greenwich finds that… Read More »
A new report from the Futures Industry Association (FIA) argues that exchange-traded derivatives markets are “well positioned” for a transition… Read More »
It’s always, well, sometimes, nice when a central bank agrees with you. That was the case going through the Swiss… Read More »
DeFiance is futile. The convergence of DeFi and traditional finance is continuing with renewed momentum in 2026, even as the… Read More »
Last week’s meltdown in Japan’s bond markets, a small matter of JGBs shifting in a day what normally takes a… Read More »
In the latest in the disruptor series, David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, and Colin Lambert, publisher of The Full… Read More »
From scarcity to abundance – what a mindset! In a few weeks’ time foreign exchange will receive its triannual update… Read More »
Market structure evolution is a regular theme in these pages, and indeed this column, and most often it is targeted… Read More »
A webinar from The Full FX in association with LMAX Digital Last week The Full FX, in association with LMAX… Read More »
A frisson of excitement rippled through financial markets last week when one of its recent “darlings” was banned by a… Read More »
Following an industry consultation, FTSE Russell, which operates the WMR FX benchmarks, including the critical London 4pm Fix, has decided… Read More »
In the first Full FX Webinar of 2025, in association with CME Group, Colin Lambert was joined by Tom Palmer,… Read More »
The time is rapidly approaching when sell side FX market participants have to consider another entry in the debit column… Read More »
If POTUS says it’s good, who are we to argue? At a recent networking event held by a digital asset… Read More »
The arrest last week of a likely rival to Turkish president Erdogan prompted a sharp rally in USD/TRY, which hit… Read More »
There are many out there who believe that FX is, inevitably, following equities in market structure terms, but yet again,… Read More »
With automation in non-spot FX markets continuing to grow, Colin Lambert catches up with Stephan von Massenbach, and George Procopiou… Read More »
It is, obviously, very hard to predict how long the current volatile environment in FX markets will last (when is… Read More »
Feedback on industry consultations is often very dry – at least in its public form – so it is both… Read More »
The foreign exchange market has undergone significant changes over the past decade as regulatory mandates, technological advancements, and new entrants… Read More »
Jack Linker is celebrating 50 years in the FX industry, a period that has seen tremendous change. Colin Lambert sat… Read More »
With only a couple of weeks to go until the end of 2024 it feels like an opportune time for… Read More »
Declining volumes on primary platforms and the rise of non-bank market makers are key trends shaping currency markets that resemble… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Colin Lambert sits down with Yorke O’Leary and Chris Jackson, co-founders of OptAxe, to talk… Read More »
In the latest Inheritors video in our series, Tabitha Smith, head of FX digital sales for EMEA at Citi, talks… Read More »
In the second of our series talking to the next generation of managers in the Markets world, Eva Szalay sits… Read More »
Is there a tipping point at which LPs in the spot FX business say “enough” and actually do something about… Read More »
The subject of wholesale central bank digital currencies has gained new momentum this year and like so much in the… Read More »
I think we can all agree that the T+1 changeover in North America was handled smoothly by markets, and that… Read More »
Last week, the Global FX Division, part of GFMA, held its third Next Step FX gathering in London. Eva Szalay… Read More »
In the latest VoxPop from The Full FX conference in Copenhagen, Stéphane Malrait, chair of ACI – The Financial Markets… Read More »
DTCC, Clearstream, and Euroclear – in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) – have unveiled when they claim is a blueprint… Read More »
On the sidelines of The Full FX Scandinavia conference, Colin Lambert caught up with Henry Durrant from Reactive Markets who… Read More »
The market structure in FX options is changing, albeit away from the glare of the spotlight, which continues to be… Read More »
In the latest video, Colin Lambert steps way outside his comfort zone to discuss fixed income market structure. He is… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Chris Leonard-Appleton, head of FX Risk and Regulation at LSEG, and Colin Lambert, have plenty… Read More »
There is a strange thing happening in foreign exchange, according to Eva Szalay: it’s possible to get people to passionately… Read More »
One of the big topics in the FX market at the moment is the increasingly agitated response of Japan to… Read More »
On his recent trip to the UK, Colin Lambert got to sit down with LMAX Group CEO David Mercer for… Read More »
The decline of volumes on the “primary” FX venues is not a new discussion, liquidity providers have been talking to… Read More »
Following the recent J.P. Morgan e-Trading Edit, which surveyed traders’ opinions on a range of issues facing financial markets, Colin… Read More »
While the 2024 edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit has the expected concerns over volatility and liquidity at the… Read More »
A new post from Liberty Street Economics, which operates under the auspices of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,… Read More »
You probably read last week that the London Metal Exchange managed to successfully defend charges relating to the meltdown in… Read More »
Customers like to moan…FX dealers like to moan…let’s face it, everybody likes a good moan every now and again! Which… Read More »
