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 »
CME Group and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have announced plans to expand their existing cross-margining arrangement to… Read More »
Corporates are suffering higher losses on their unhedged FX risk and are looking to FX options to alleviate the pain… Read More »
Sorry everyone but this is going to be an old-school rant – I try very hard not to compare today’s… Read More »
With only a couple of weeks to go until the end of 2024 it feels like an opportune time for… Read More »
Last week’s column prompted several of you to get in touch with what was pretty much the same question. Where… Read More »
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has fined Macquarie Bank just over GBP 13 million and banned Travis Klein, one… Read More »
The rise in geopolitical tensions and the US election, have led UK fund managers to increase their FX hedging activities,… Read More »
By Ted Holloway I wanted to respond to the recent points raised by the editor of The Full FX in… Read More »
It has become fashionable in some circles to bemoan the lack of opportunities and profits available in FX markets, but… Read More »
The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) and Global Digital Finance (GDF) have collaborated to publish a smart contract Primer, providing… Read More »
Risk-based trade surveillance software provider TradingHub has announced its expansion into Australia with an office in Sydney and two appointments… Read More »
A new paper published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) as part of its Bulletin series, takes an early… Read More »
In the latest Voice of Experience Column, Ted Holloway discusses the growing issue of data ownership, and also takes a… Read More »
It’s a cliché that the foreign exchange industry is a fast-evolving world, but nonetheless true, and the pace of evolution… 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 »
Osttra’s TriReduce compression services says it has successfully completed a record inflation run for US inflation swaps at LCH, compressing… Read More »
Let us return, friends, to an old favourite – the 4pm Fix – for this week there have been two… Read More »
Mexico’s Grupo Financiero Banorte (Banorte), has adopted Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Risk System (MARS) hedge management solution to determine the effectiveness of coverages… Read More »
Not for the first time over the past decade or so, it seems that, for some, expectations around the growth… Read More »
In the latest Voice of Experience column, Steve Flanagan highlights a risk to the FX markets that is external to LPs,… Read More »
Continuing a theme of its regular surveys, the latest report from MillTechFX – this time on European corporates – argues… Read More »
The approaching T+1 switchover is grabbing most of the attention in the FX industry – rightly so, it is the… Read More »
A long-running stoush in the retail FX world has come to an end with a US judge funding that StoneX… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video interview, Colin Lambert discusses the importance of smarter FX hedging strategies with Mattias Eriksson, CEO… Read More »
The information released regarding the episode between Westpac and its client that led to the bank being fined for its… Read More »
The latest in our series, which taps the minds of experienced FX market participants, sees regular contributor Ted Holloway join… Read More »
It is likely to be one of the biggest events of the year in the FX industry, and as Marc… Read More »
FIA Tech has unveiled a collaboration with business process management firm eClerx, to create an integrated global client operations team… Read More »
A new post from Liberty Street Economics, which operates under the auspices of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,… Read More »
A lot of publications like to kick a new year off (happy 2024 everyone by the way – hope it’s… Read More »
Broker-dealer Sucden Financial has announced the extension of its risk technology partnership with Nasdaq, a move the firm says will… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Alex Knight, head of EMEA at Baton Systems, talks to Colin Lambert about what is… Read More »
Data management solution provider GoldenSource says it has created a first of its kind market risk factor data standard, the… 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 »
Ahead of the US securities’ markets shift to T+1 settlement at the end of May 2024, CLS has completed a… Read More »
Although there has been recent media commentary on the growing importance of corporates to FX businesses, a new survey commissioned… Read More »
The complexity of trade surveillance is continuing to grow, as firms struggle with record volatility, high volumes and fragmented markets,… Read More »
With The Full FX View Lawyers for former HSBC head of FX cash trading Mark Johnson have filed a… Read More »
CLS has welcomed the latest progress report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on the G20 plan to enhance cross-border… Read More »
On the sidelines of The Full FX at FIA Expo in Chicago, Colin Lambert sat down to talk to Ed… Read More »
Redundancy of technology has been a big part of the FX industry’s thinking for decades now – why was EBS… 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 »
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) says it is working towards recalibrating its Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) on… Read More »
In 2019, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) flagged what was clearly seen by the authorities as a growing problem… Read More »
State Street has entered into an arrangement with GeoQuant, owned by Fitch Solutions, to make available geopolitical and country risk… Read More »
Global investor confidence continues to rebound strongly, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI), rising for the sixth… Read More »
Fixed income platform MTS says it has partnered with workflow technology provider WeMatch to successful run the first session of… Read More »
E-trading technology provider MahiMarkets has unveiled a new white label offering for FX options – MFX Radar. The firm says… Read More »
Investor confidence remains on an upward trend, with State Street’s Global Investor Confidence Index rising for the third straight month,… Read More »
