The EU financial regulator ESMA is urging national regulators to start implementing the principles of newly-published guidelines to prevent and… Read More »
The UK Treasury has outlined its plans for regulating the cryptocurrency industry and bringing the sector into the regulatory perimeter,… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has eased some of the regulatory conditions around window FX forwards and packaged… Read More »
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Three industry associations have published their responses to IOSCO’s consultation on pre-hedging in markets, and it is notable that even… Read More »
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With US regulatory uncertainty a regular theme of recent years in crypto markets, there is probably some relief at an… Read More »
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it expects trading venues to ensure that those who operate a multilateral trading… Read More »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has targeted October 2027 for moving the European Union’s securities markets to T+1… Read More »
Wafa M’Barek, Proposition Manager, SaaS Solution Market Taker Bank Segment, at 360T, joins Colin Lambert to talk about an aspect… Read More »
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report looking at a subset of tokenisation initiatives, specifically using distributed ledger… Read More »
FX options centralised trading venue OptAxe has received FCA authorisation in the UK and has officially launched a multi-lateral trading… 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 »
By Ted Holloway I wanted to respond to the recent points raised by the editor of The Full FX in… Read More »
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AIMA’s 6th annual Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report finds increased optimism amongst hedge funds regarding digital assets, thanks to increased regulatory… Read More »
Something the FX market witnessed 20 years in spot is emerging in FX options as non-bank players eye the market.… Read More »
A joint report published by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Treasury, says that while the two… Read More »
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) has waded into the ongoing debate around the regulation of FX platforms with a… Read More »
In the latest Inheritors video in our series, which talks to the next generation of managers in the FX world,… Read More »
It’s peak migration season, not just in the Masai Mara but also in the world of FX platforms: major players… Read More »
In the latest Voice of Experience Column, Ted Holloway discusses the growing issue of data ownership, and also takes a… Read More »
We are all used to reading and hearing about the importance of speed in FX markets, but a new launch… Read More »
Crypto exchange One Trading has been granted an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) license by the Dutch regulators, a move the… Read More »
A new study by Acuiti finds that the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation will increase investment in… Read More »
In the latest VoxPop from The Full FX conference in Copenhagen, Stéphane Malrait, chair of ACI – The Financial Markets… Read More »
The second in our Vox Pop interviews from The Full FX Scandinavia conference in Copenhagen recently, sees Colin Lambert sit… Read More »
As buy-side firms use artificial intelligence and other digital tools to remake trading infrastructure, a new report says the drive… Read More »
The market structure in FX options is changing, albeit away from the glare of the spotlight, which continues to be… Read More »
Deutsche Bank says it has become the first bank to execute a trade under the Registered Financial Institutions (RFI) programme… Read More »
At its recent meeting, members of the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body… Read More »
In the latest video, Colin Lambert steps way outside his comfort zone to discuss fixed income market structure. He is… Read More »
What some see as an “unfair” imbalance in the regulatory treatment of trading platform and technology providers remains a touchy… 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 »
The Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF), a not-for-profit division of Etrading Software, has unveiled what it terms “a major expansion… Read More »
Crypto trading firm Tradias says it has integrated with technology provider Talos, to provide mutual clients with access to a… Read More »
For large fixing orders, it benefits both the client and the dealer carrying out the transaction to hedge in the… Read More »
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In our latest Voice of Experience column, regular contributor, Ted Holloway, takes a look back, but only as the basis… Read More »
LCH SA has received the required regulatory approval European regulators to allow it to provide clearing services for cash-settled bitcoin… Read More »
Both the UK and EU have sought to clarify the ‘trading perimeter’ in financial markets, bringing ‘platforms’ and ‘technology providers’… Read More »
Management at proprietary trading firms operating in the European Union faces a regulatory burden three times that of their US… Read More »
This week’s column is full of opinion and thought-provoking observations, but it has a different author – I think Eva… Read More »
On his recent trip to the UK, Colin Lambert got to sit down with LMAX Group CEO David Mercer for… 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 »
