Pre-Hedging Fixing Orders Can Benefit Clients: Study
For large fixing orders, it benefits both the client and the dealer carrying out the transaction to hedge in the… Read More »
For large fixing orders, it benefits both the client and the dealer carrying out the transaction to hedge in the… Read More »
By City Rover Spare a thought, Dear Reader, for the FX Options Trader. Does it not strike you as odd,… Read More »
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 »
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has ended a three-year ban on crypto exchange traded notes (ETNs),… Read More »
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published an executive summary of its recommendations for the regulation, supervision and oversight of… Read More »
Infrastructure provider Symphony has unveiled a partnership with Appian to help banks and financial services firms communicate, collaborate, and automate,… Read More »
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its latest transparency draft, looking at best practices for processes around client… Read More »
The automation of FX options has become a bigger theme in FX circles over the past year, making it an… Read More »
Blockchain and crypto payment solution provider Ripple has announced the acquisition of Standard Custody and Trust Company, a New York-regulated… Read More »
As the UK’s consultation on proposed rules for stablecoins closes, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has published… 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 »
With the transition away from Ibors to risk-free reference rates (RFRs) either completed or on an established path, ISDA has… Read More »
Regulatory changes are increasing the cost of managing OTC FX portfolios. Eurex’s Jens Quiram, global head of FIC derivatives and… Read More »
A long-awaited moment has arrived for the crypto industry in the US with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally… Read More »
As flagged last week, the Basel Committee has launched a third consultation on proposed cryptoasset regulation, this one about a… Read More »
The Basel Committee has agreed to consult on what it terms “targeted revisions” to its proposed standard on cryptoassets, although… Read More »
Today, (28 November) marks the six-month threshold for the headline act of the past six months in markets, the US… Read More »
There is a school of thought that rather than what many expected – automation in FX swaps will precede FX… Read More »
Last week’s Full FX conference included – as is inevitable these days – multiple references to AI and its potential,… Read More »
A paper published by the Bank for International Settlements takes aim at stablecoins, observing that not one in circulation has… Read More »
Following on from Project Guardian, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it is partnering the Financial Services… Read More »
The complexity of trade surveillance is continuing to grow, as firms struggle with record volatility, high volumes and fragmented markets,… Read More »
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has launched the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service for OTC derivatives, enabling firms to create… Read More »
The former CEO of bankrupt Voyager Digital, Stephen Ehrlich, has been charged with fraud by the US Commodity Futures Trading… Read More »
The Voice of Experience is a new series from The Full FX which taps into the experience of senior, and… Read More »
South Korea will significantly lengthen the opening hours of its local foreign exchange market from October 18 to allow offshore… Read More »
The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper seeking industry feedback on proposals to exempt structural FX… Read More »
I have noted through various channels over the past few months, how the FX swaps market structure appears to be… Read More »
Three traditional finance financial market infrastructures (FMIs); Clearstream, DTCC and Euroclear, have published a paper on the state of the… Read More »
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) says it is working towards recalibrating its Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) on… Read More »
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is facing a change of leadership for the first time in 12 years with… Read More »
Digital assets trading firm B2C2 has completed what it terms a “strategic move” in finalising the acquisition of European crypto… Read More »
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published the features of a new regulatory framework that seeks to ensure a… Read More »
With The Full FX View A new study from Coalition Greenwich says that while OTC derivatives clearing has been with… Read More »
With The Full FX View The Global Foreign Exchange Division’s Market Architecture Group (MAG) has published a third study… Read More »
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a new survey that explores the development of capital and derivatives… Read More »
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published two sets of high-level recommendations for the regulation, supervision and oversight of cryptoasset… Read More »
With The Full FX View The issue of pre-hedging continues to split opinion in financial markets, and in its latest… Read More »
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published its first consultation package under the… Read More »
The podcast is back and in this edition Colin Lambert and Sam Horowitz, head of FX distribution and liquidity management… Read More »
Historically, there has always been an imbalance in fortunes in FX markets between market makers and takers, and the pendulum… Read More »
Capitolis says it has gained “significant momentum” in its portfolio optimisation business in the first half of 2023, with its… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a Staff Advisory on the risks associated with clearing organisations expanding… Read More »
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final message to market participants one month ahead of the cessation… Read More »