Articles by Alessandro Aimone
Shining a light on FX algo disclosures
FX Markets' new algo database will enable readers to compare offerings from the major providers
Algos on parade: how top FX algo providers stack up
New FX Markets algo database shows differences across internalisation, analytics and client data handling
Invesco bets on new tech to refine its FX trading
Home-grown tool will improve order routing and execution strategies, asset manager believes
GFXC launches public consultation on code review
Comment sought on proposed guidance setting out new disclosure expectations
Internalisation in the spotlight? Don’t hold your breath
Industry relaxed about internal hedging despite BIS warning of potential threat to price discovery
FX options: the race to electronification has only just begun
Could years of entrenched voice trading in FX options be about to end as electronification gathers pace?
First P2P trade completed on Siege FX
Dark pool aims to match algo orders among its 30 buy-side clients
New hedging tools for corps will test sales teams
Advances in automation could spell big changes in skills required of bank salespeople
Banks nervy over GFXC plan for algo cover sheets
Disclosing inner workings of algorithms could result in loss of intellectual property, banks warn
A peek inside GFXC’s algo cover sheets
Order priority and segregation policy among the items under discussion
Asset managers hold the key to any FX revival
For a regime shift to truly occur, long-term investors need to get on board
FX settlement risk: good news at last
Industry utility CLS could finally be given the scope to tackle a growing risk in foreign exchange
GFXC eyes standardised disclosure cover sheets
New docs planned to allow easier comparisons of algos and LP dealing terms
CLS: can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em?
FX settlement giant not fast on its feet, say dealers and challengers, but hard to knock down
Benchmark rigging scandal: a remake in the making
Regulators should act now to prevent any repeat of the fixing scandal of 2013
Unleashing the potential of NDFs
Trading in non-deliverable forwards is on a roll, despite concerns over liquidity
Algos make market thinner, but not less liquid – BIS
Trading robots change market microstructure, central banks conclude; new liquidity metrics may be needed
PBs seek remedy for credit addiction in FX
Group set up after big Citi loss considers limit-checking hub, among other options
Tackling settlement risk is a serious business
Unless market participants comes together, the risk in the system is here to stay
CLS proposes second-tier FX settlement system
Stripped-back system for EM currencies mooted to tackle rising settlement risk
LCH to launch non-deliverable options clearing
Clearing service will go live in Q4 for nine currency pairs
FX swaps clearing redux
SA-CCR could unleash the potential of clearing, and may ignite some big changes
FX research bounces back amid volatility
Dealers report sharp rise in client demand for research
SA-CCR adoption may spur wider FX swaps clearing
With up to 90% lower exposures on offer, dealers say capital benefits could outweigh margin costs