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The FX swaps client clearing comeback
With possible price savings and non-bank competition, chatter about the service is picking up again – but significant hurdles remain
Swaps platform aims to cut out the banks – but not entirely
Peer-to-peer newcomer FX HedgePool targets asset managers’ month-end hedging activity
FX unlimited: how Eaton Vance tackles credit constraints
Interview: Clearing has allowed firm to add 50% more LPs, says veteran trading head O’Brien
Behind the mask: FX market raises fears over tagging ‘abuse’
Front running and tag refreshing concerns abound on semi-anonymous trading platforms
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
BLTs and glitchy Wi-Fi: lockdown life for FX execs
With traders transacting trillions from their living rooms, currency markets are adapting to new normal
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
Inside March madness with Citi’s Tuchman
Interview: Trading rooms went virtual, central banks stepped up – but some platforms flopped
Investors trade the drama out of the crisis
How LGIM, AXA, Manulife and other buy-siders tackled the toughest markets since 2008
Spot FX shies away from regulatory yoke
As Europe weighs Aussie-style rules for spot trading, some see benefits – but many fear the burden
How Goldman’s algos adapted to virus vol
Interview: Ralf Donner explains why algo usage is up while markets are down
Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs
Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?
Traders split on whether virus impact or central bank responses will prove most powerful
Seeing red over blue-chip swap in Argentina’s NDF fiasco
Emta protocol salve aside, peso settlement rate snafu is a warning for emerging market FX derivatives
Beyond Barx: where Barclays is going next in tech ‘arms race’
Interview: Mauricio Sada-Paz on SDPs, MDPs and innovation in e-FX
E-trading takes hold for FX swaps – sort of
Bulk of trades are being executed over screen, but bolder changes have stalled
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of 'hands-free-hedging', but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
Vanguard takes the P2P plunge
Interview: Andy Maack seeks to lower costs and dealer dependence via buy-side matching
Rise of the algo wheel
How the buy side is embracing algorithm wheels and where challenges still remain
Bad clocks block FX best-ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving FX markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some of them don’t
FXPBs over-allocating credit to algo and high-speed trading
Thinly capitalised trading firms are an accident waiting to happen while dealings on multiple venues make credit limits hard to set, claim market participants
Siege FX to roll out peer-to-peer netting
FX space is now ready for such a service, says technology provider