Articles by Bernard Goyder
BNPP sets ‘axe trap’ to expose skew sniffers
French bank deploys real and fake axes plus AI trackers to gather data for identifying predatory clients
Hedge funds take profit on vol trades with Trump win
FX volatility drops sharply as positions unwind; rates market sees mixed reaction
BofA extends ‘guaranteed rate’ window to a year
US bank holds spot FX rates for longer period to give alternative hedging tools to smaller clients
Banks and market-makers back BGC’s FMX
Group including BofA, Citi and Goldman buy 26% stake in spot FX, UST and futures trading business
CFTC plan to relax MMF margin restriction sparks debate
Industry welcomes proposal to lift ban on repo-using funds as eligible IM, but some warn MMFs bring risks
CME picks Houston to lead revamped FX unit as EBS’s Ward exits
Move follows exchange group’s plans to closely integrate EBS with its FX futures business
Man on a mission: Axel van Nederveen, swaps evangelist
EBRD treasurer spreads the good word about local currency derivatives markets
RBC eyes AI to bolster FX and rates algos
Canadian bank plans to take deep reinforcement learning tech from equities to fixed income and currencies
TMX eyes spot crypto trading launch next year
Exchange group would become first in North America to offer direct access to spot market in digital assets
High-frequency flap over CME’s Aurora data centre
Exchange group’s migration to Google’s cloud could render HFT networks redundant
Dealers eye benefits of ‘on-chain’ FX
Automated market-makers are already used for EUR/USD trades – now can they tackle settlement risk?
New buy-side tools seek to break grip of bank FX algos
Proprietary algorithms come of age to provide alternatives for the buy side
Blockchain startup Symbiont files for bankruptcy
Clients included American Century, Citi, Franklin Templeton, State Street and Vanguard
BNP’s new macro trading unit to make greater use of FX algos
French bank plans to bring FX algos to US Treasuries for combined currencies and rates trading unit
MSIM cuts third of FX options volume amid market contraction
Counterparty Radar: Manager pares $13bn of USD/RMB trades, deals blow to BNP’s market share
Crypto industry faces ‘fork in the road’ over sanctions
Bow to policy-makers’ concerns about sanctions evasion or face reputational damage, says LSEG’s Schwimmer
Asset managers want better access to spot crypto market
Top buy-side exec bemoans constraints in debate on use of futures versus spot for cryptocurrency