The Last Look…
May 13, 2025
Equity markets are strange, in the US especially, because everything about them seems intended to benefit market makers. I have… Read More »
Equity markets are strange, in the US especially, because everything about them seems intended to benefit market makers. I have… Read More »
Trading platforms will have to explicitly state what they do with data derived from client transactions, whether executed or not,… Read More »
Is there a relationship between success, trust and transparency? Eva Szalay takes a look. It intuitively feels right that the… Read More »
It’s clearly a more complex subject, but there is a whiff of the old hedge fund tactic around information when… 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 »
While it continues its work to build adherence, buy side adoption and reducing settlement risk, the Global Foreign Exchange Committee… Read More »
Continuing a theme of its regular surveys, the latest report from MillTechFX – this time on European corporates – argues… Read More »
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has published the results of its 2023 survey of the FX Global Code, including,… Read More »
The information released regarding the episode between Westpac and its client that led to the bank being fined for its… Read More »
There has always been a delicate balance between the sell and buy sides in the FX market, and on balance,… Read More »
Very much in line with their peers in the UK and North America, European fund managers are seeking counterparty diversification… Read More »
A paper published by the Bank for International Settlements takes aim at stablecoins, observing that not one in circulation has… Read More »
The latest in a series of surveys published by MillTechFX finds that three-quarters of UK fund managers hedge their currency… 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 podcast is back and in this edition Colin Lambert and Sam Horowitz, head of FX distribution and liquidity management… Read More »
With The Full FX View With the push for a consolidated tape (CT) seemingly mired in a back-and-fro between regulators… Read More »
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB), a UK body that seeks to establish standards in global financial markets, has published… Read More »
Over the past year, there have been several moves by various FX platforms to increase the level of transparency around… Read More »
“Normalcy” has returned to some elements of financial markets with the return of the weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders report,… Read More »
There appears to be an eagerness around the industry to create a buzz around “peer-to-peer” spot FX trading, but I… Read More »
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its latest Spotlight Review, examining ESG ratings methodologies and data collection processes.… Read More »
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has released its final Statement of Good Practice (SGP) on trading platform disclosures across… Read More »
I accept that this column often criticises, it is part and parcel of this job, but this week I come… Read More »
The BIS Innovation Hub, which operates as part of the Bank for International Settlements, has updated its 2022 work programme… Read More »
With data reporting becoming a hotter topic in European markets thanks to regulators pushing the agenda for more transparency, including,… Read More »
I am often asked why I have a problem with transparency, in certain circles there is genuine disbelief that someone… Read More »
Like many people, I was concerned when I first read the allegations – which it is important to stress, remain… Read More »
I have been thinking about last look, zero hold times and the FX Global Code over the past week. I… Read More »
Another step forward for the crypto asset industry seeking to attract institutional traders has been taken with news that decision… Read More »
A UK judge has thrown out claims brought against HSBC by ECU Group that its FX traders deliberately triggered stop… Read More »
In comments responding to a consultation paper released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the International Swaps and… Read More »
The daily volume of FX trading helps predict returns on currency trading the next day, says a study co-authored by… Read More »
I am genuinely sorry to do this to you, but given events in the market yesterday and ongoing legal arguments,… Read More »
Sometimes genius comes from the most unexpected direction. The sharp eyed amongst you will note this column has a new… Read More »
There is an assumption that regulators are uniformly in favour of total transparency in markets – and this is often… Read More »
