Articles by Alessandro Aimone
FX unlimited: how Eaton Vance tackles credit constraints
Interview: Clearing has allowed firm to add 50% more LPs, says veteran trading head O’Brien
Banks tout early roll dates for FX swaps as quarter-end looms
Asset managers open to more flexible hedging strategies since March turbulence, say dealers
Turkey turmoil opens door to offshore NDF market
Emta openly discussing documentation for offshore lira
Andreas König’s crisis playbook meets Covid-19
Interview: Trading from home may be odd, but Amundi’s FX head was ready for other stresses
Turkey bans dealers from trading with BNP, Citi and UBS
Lira rallied after action, but respite for the currency may be brief
Market turmoil causes traders to pull back to vanilla strategies
Emerging markets spreads tighten but liquidity still patchy
Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs
Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms
FX swap users hope to avoid month-end crunch
Blowout in spreads prompted SSGA and other managers to limit need for hedges on March 31
E-trading takes hold for FX swaps – sort of
Bulk of trades are being executed over screen, but bolder changes have stalled
Cleared swaps grow 10 times faster than bilateral at HSBC
FX derivatives notionals rise $1.3 trillion (21%) to $7.6 trillion
Nasdaq default came at time of mass margin breaches
CCP's clearing members incurred 49 margin breaches as of end-September
FX boosts UK derivatives values
Bank of England data for second quarter shows 33% rise in FX derivatives values at UK banks
FXC appoints six new members
Chris Vogel and James Sinclair are among the newly appointed members of the Fed-sponsored FXC
European corporate FX losses highest since 2015 – report
Number of European firms reporting negative currency effects in third-quarter earning calls also rises
UK regulators zoom in on algo trading
FCA and PRA launch co-ordinated push to improve risk management and governance of algorithmic trading
China’s FX reserves rise for twelfth month
PBoC figures show $21.5 billion increase, bringing total reserves stockpile to highest level since September 2016
Renminbi payments drop in December
The Chinese currency is once again the fifth most-used for global payments – Swift
BIS: central banks must act on cryptocurrencies
Agustin Carstens warns against proliferation of cryptocurrencies without regulatory framework
Online investment fraud increasing, warns FCA
Under-25s are six times more likely to trust an investment offer made via social media compared with those aged 55-plus
Blockchain-based tool offered by smartTrade
Clients will be able to subscribe to the new service and access it through an open API
Fluent adds two services to FX suite
Firm combines post-trade, at-trade credit, kill-switch APIs and pre-trade risk management on one platform
CFETS to upgrade FX platform
The trading venue will provide new cross-currency swaps for six currency pairs
Room for further cable gains, Wells Fargo says
US bank sees GBP/USD trading at $1.37 in three months' time and at $1.41 in 12 months
Bundesbank to include renminbi in reserves
Onshore renminbi jumps to strongest level against the dollar for more than two years, following comment from Germany’s central bank