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The rise of the red-back

Moves to automate the payment process are being matched by interest in RMB trade settlement. Saima Farooqi asks how much progress has been made so far, and talks to those with a yen for yuan

What’s in store for 2012?

At the dawn of a new year, FX Week speaks to senior traders, strategists, technologists and lobbyists about their expectations for 2012. The eurozone crisis, implementation of regulation and technology upgrades top the agenda for many participants…

Review of 2011

As 2011 draws to a close, FX Week looks back on a year in which the decisions of politicians increasingly came to define the direction of major currencies, while the progress of regulatory reform was stunted by missed deadlines and challenging technical…

Euro: Staring into the abyss

As forex market participants prepare for a possible break-up in the eurozone and politicians increase the pressure to save the single currency, Miriam Siers talks to strategists and academics about the likelihood of a split and the implications for the…

FX Week meets Alan Bozian, CLS

During his most recent visit to London in mid-November, Alan Bozian, chief executive of CLS, met with Joel Clark to discuss the transformation agenda he has been pushing since joining CLS in 2010

The trick's in the tail

The Cambridge Strategy's focus on tail risk sets it apart from other asset managers. Saima Farooqi talks to its chief investment officer about emerging markets risk and reward

Intervention: friend or foe?

If the trend is your friend, is central bank intervention your enemy? The answer is not so clear cut, say Christopher Cruden and Purnur Schneider, not least because of the breadth of interventions, which challenges attempts at uniform analysis

A new safe haven?

As G-7 economies start to look more volatile than some emerging markets, Nikki Marmery investigates whether the new rash of emerging markets indexes could offer some respite

Taking stock of 2011: Technology

Upgrading forex trading systems to prepare for regulatory change or simply keep pace with competitors has been a key trend of 2011 for all participants. In the final part of a series of articles taking stock of the year so far, Miriam Siers and Chiara…

Taking stock of 2011: the buy side

Central bank intervention, volatile markets and forthcoming regulation – hedgers and investors in the FX market continue to face some real challenges. Chiara Albanese and Miriam Siers hear their views

Afme: From advocacy to implementation

Set up in June 2010 as the mouthpiece of the FX industry as regulators reshaped the derivatives landscape, the mandate of Afme’s global FX division is gradually changing from one of pure advocacy to one of implementation. Miriam Siers talks to the…

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