Hedge Funds
Price of credit and connectivity to be 2016 focus
Relationship between the cost of credit and third-party connectivity will be key
More contraction in PB and market-making ahead
Banks' retrenchment from market-making and credit provision will be key themes
FX will shine amid hunt for absolute returns
In the hunt for yield, investors are waking up to the idea there is more to currencies than hedging
The best of 2015: the top 10 stories on FX Week
FX Week looks back on the year's most popular articles
Power shifts to PBs in new credit landscape
"My utmost concern is to make sure my prime broker is happy," says ADS Securities' chief operating officer
FX can protect the portfolio during shocks
While not always providing spectacular returns, holding foreign exchange as part of a wider portfolio can be extremely valuable
Culture Wars: how long can David keep saving Goliath?
As the FX market mulls over the implications of FEMR, Ed Eger, chief executive of Oanda, argues why smaller players can no longer be the fall guys for the unethical behaviour of major institutions
Grand redesign
Non-bank market-makers are increasingly being viewed as serious players as they set about building customer franchises amid a wide-scale bank pull-back
Evolution of FXPB landscape isn't over yet
Cost of capital and risk control will shape the conversation in 2016
Best Banks Awards: Citi wins nine awards, including top prize
Citi voted Best Bank Overall and gains eight other accolades
Best Bank for FX Post-Trade Services: RBS
Success down to focus on relationships and risk management
Currency fund returns turn negative in June
According to the Parker FX Index
Credit Suisse pulls out of FXPB
Swiss dealer the latest to exit prime brokerage business
Currency funds flat in May
Returns rebound from April's –0.8%, the Parker FX Index shows
Banks need greater FXPB differentiation
In the post-SNB world, niche players have the advantage, says RBS's head of FXPB services
Changing landscape of the FX brokerage world
SNB Thursday brought home the extent of changing FX liquidity
Prime brokers raise capital requirements
Minimum requirements for balance-sheet size upped to as much as $50 million
GSA split amicable, Gerko says
GSA's head of FX trading says his spin-off from the hedge fund was planned for months, with the support of GSA
Prime of prime providers see growth despite SNB fallout
Credit provision to smaller firms is increasingly becoming the domain of PoPs, but the focus will shift to pre-trade risk management
Commerzbank pulls back from FX prime brokerage
Commerzbank closes prime brokerage business as it reallocates resources
FCA to probe possible conflicts in barrier options
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority will examine possible conflicts in the trading of foreign exchange options; some participants avoid these products in thinly traded markets
Global trade reporting ‘a mess', Sibos delegates told
DTCC and Commerzbank tell Sibos delegates that global derivatives trade reporting requires further regulatory intervention to be a success
C-View launches systematic FX program
Twenty-eight year trading veteran teams up with C-View to launch FX fund