Trading
Currency carry trade losses overshadow diversification benefits of currency
Currency manager Ugo Lancioni says investors still scarred by losses linked to carry trades are missing out on the diversification benefits of other strategies. Saima Farooqi reports
Offshore deliverable renminbi derivatives market grows despite fall in trade volumes
Despite a fall in offshore renminbi trade volumes, dealers say corporates are making increasing use of CNH forwards and options markets to hedge price exposure. Joti Mangat investigates
FXSpotStream adds Morgan Stanley as liquidity provider
The US bank becomes the seventh liquidity provider on FXSpotStream, which is now live and trading after it was first announced in May
The platforms of 2012: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has refrained from making the major changes to its FX platforms that rival EBS has made in recent years, but that allegedly unresponsive approach has to some extent been vindicated by the challenges EBS has faced. In the latest in a…
FX Concepts’ Taylor turns bearish on US dollar
The head of $3 billion hedge fund FX Concepts says the Federal Reserve’s open ended quantitative easing programme will drive the US dollar lower in coming months.
Portware hires three to grow product and sales coverage
Trading technology vendor makes three senior hires to focus on the client experience and meet growing demand for Portware FX
The platforms of 2012: TraFXpure
When it launches next year, TraFXpure hopes to become a primary trading platform in the FX market, alongside EBS and Thomson Reuters. While that’s a tall order in today’s environment, Tradition’s Daniel Marcus, Campbell Adams and Roger Rutherford believe…
FX Invest West Coast: Market structure changes a challenge for buy-side traders
Trading platform proliferation and regulatory change are presenting challenges for the buy side, say speakers at FX Invest West Coast conference
Who picks up the tab for regulation costs?
Many buy-side firms expect their banks to absorb the costs associated with clearing and reporting of non-deliverable forwards and eventually forex options. But banks have other ideas, with some already quantifying fairly substantial hikes in…
Spotlight on: Rob Maher, Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse’s global head of fixed-income electronic sales talks to Joel Clark about the changes the Swiss bank has been making to its e-FX business with the development of a new single-dealer portal and the integration of its algorithmic and…
EBS ditches decimals as part of platform overhaul
Full-pip and half-pip pricing will return to major currency pairs on EBS from September 17, as platform's new management team recognises flaws in decimalised pricing
All eyes turn towards EBS
EBS is set to unveil the next round of system and policy changes this week, which will be closely scrutinised by newer entrants and competing platforms
New buy-side platform targets March launch
Start-up venture BuysideFX will focus on improving FX workflow on the buy side and plans to be live with its first client by March 2013, officials have told FX Week
FXall continues product innovation under new ownership
Following the completion of its acquisition by Thomson Reuters, FXall will continue to operate independently until the integration is complete
CME ready to fight for market share in Europe, says Sammann
CME Group's European exchange, set to begin trading FX futures next year, will offer a competitive alternative to other exchanges, says the group's head of FX and rates
Interdealer brokers pick MarkitServ for FX processing
BGC Partners, GFI Group, Tradition and Tullett Prebon have all chosen middleware provider MarkitServ to facilitate connectivity to CCPs and trade repositories, and voice affirmations
The platforms of 2012: LMAX Exchange
The launch of new trading platforms and the restructuring of incumbents has become a clear trend in the foreign exchange market in 2012. In the first of a series of articles seeking to assess the strategies and challenges of new and existing platforms,…
Alior eyes corporates with new forex platform launch
The Polish bank has partnered with Swedish technology vendor Aphelion to build a single-bank portal aimed at corporates
Countries will leave the euro by 2014, says ACI UK poll
The vast majority of respondents believe at least one country will leave the euro by 2014, but expect the single currency to survive
Morgan Stanley adds macro monitoring tool to strategy toolkit
New analytics tool identifies currency pairs that show both strong fundamentals and a resilience to risk shocks, says Morgan Stanley strategist
Indian corporates head for forex options markets as rupee volatility continues
Indian firms move away from using forwards in a bid to grab upside benefits of future rupee appreciation
Gain hires PFG trading team to boost GTX platform
Gain Capital's GTX institutional platform has hired 10 traders from collapsed broker Peregrine Financial Group as well as FXCM Pro salesman Anthony Scamardella
Scandi status as FX safe haven tempered by liquidity concerns
The Swedish krona has risen to record highs in recent months, but some strategists believe investors should be wary of rushing to Scandi currencies, given their relative illiquidity
The future frontier of FX trading
At the FX Week USA conference in New York on July 10, FX Week gathered together three recipients of the e-FX achievement award – Jas Singh at Thomson Reuters (2009); Clifford Lewis at Currenex (2010); and Gil Mandelzis at EBS (2012) – to discuss the…