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Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Algos on parade: how top FX algo providers stack up
New FX Markets algo database shows differences across internalisation, analytics and client data handling
Inside Refinitiv’s high-stakes FX revamp
Fintech firm, flush with cash from new owner, preps much-needed makeover of Matching and FXall
Esma plan ‘won’t help’ fix Mifid swaps data problem
Dealers say proposal to force disclosure of all big-bank OTC derivatives trades won’t improve data
FX industry shows little appetite for single API
Market players sceptical over need for standard programming code to connect clients with services
Could private match-making sink public market?
Rise in internal hedging sparks debate over its threat to price discovery
A bitcoin ETF could threaten the world’s biggest crypto fund
Regulated funds may suck away demand for Grayscale’s off-exchange investment trusts
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good
Optimisation firms prep for SA-CCR boom
FX expected to be big focus of industry’s new slimming drive – and vendors are jockeying for position
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
Banks boot up next-gen hedging bots
Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms
Investors eager for next round of China financial reforms
Bond futures and credit default swaps the missing pieces
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Margin rules snare FX options users
US banks forced to post margin on ‘naked’ trades, with buy-side firms soon to follow
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
SA-CCR proves a bitter pill for US banks to swallow
Dealers concerned new regime will punish some business lines with rise in risk-weighted assets
Strike a pose: deal contingents back in vogue after mid-year slump
M&A revival breathes life into deal contingent trades, but elevated risk keeps prices high
Asia’s FX markets step to the algorithm
Buy-side use of automated trading programs builds, albeit from a low base
How low can you go: falling cost of FX fix sparks concern
Algorithms are reducing fixing fees, but some dealers are willing to go even lower – perhaps dangerously so
Joe Biden’s slow road to remaking US financial regulation
Moves on climate risk could come early; other changes may have to wait until the end of 2021, or later
Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading
NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech
Forward momentum: the new world of NDF trading
NDF landscape is changing as trading volumes drive electronification and algo execution – but challenges remain
Unsettling times: why is settlement risk on the rise?
Regulators and market participants searching for answers after BIS figures show substantial increase
Signs of consolidation in shattered FX market
Winners of this year’s e-FX Awards discuss shifting strategy among multi-dealer platforms