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Dresdner rises from dollar fall

Dresdner Kleinwort beat Bank of America and Barclays Capital to secure second place in FX Week’s one-month currency forecast rankings this week.

The value of a fall

The dollar might be in serious trouble, but its fall could also be its salvation, according to David Bloom and Paul Mackel of HSBC's FX strategy team in London

Philippines to continue FX deregulation

MANILA - The Philippines central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), is set to liberalise the foreign exchange market at the end of October, said the bank's deputy governor, Diwa Guinigundo, last week. The central bank will lift documentary…

Deutsche dbFX now in Arabic

MANAMA - Deutsche Bank has launched an Arabic version of its margin trading platform dbFX, to capture the burgeoning retail foreign exchange market in the Middle East.

Carry strategies are thriving in Asia

SINGAPORE - Carry models have proliferated in Asia as alpha-generating strategies over the past four years, according to Thomas Harr, senior FX strategist at Standard Chartered in Singapore.

Asian corporates hungry for new FX products

SINGAPORE - Asian corporates typically have a bigger appetite for new and innovative structured FX products than their European counterparts, according to Selene Chong, head of FX structuring at HSBC in Hong Kong, speaking at the FX Week Asia congress in…

Market innovation threatens platforms

SINGAPORE - Growth in the Asian FX market is leading to big operational changes in the way buy- and sell-side institutions do business, according to Justyn Trenner, chief executive at market research company ClientKnowledge.

Will intervention work?

European Central Bank intervention could spark a battle with the foreign exchange market, says Mitul Kotecha, head of global foreign exchange research at Calyon in London

Talk of revaluation

The independent monetary stance recently taken by many Middle East states is likely to add to speculation about a revaluation, according to Chris Turner, head of FX strategy research at ING wholesale banking in London

FXMS and EBS trading back to normal

CHICAGO & LONDON - FXMarketSpace and electronic spot broker EBS recorded a decline in average daily volumes in September, demonstrating a return to normal levels of trading after a highly volatile August.

Losses abound on Parker FX

STAMFORD, CT - The Parker FX index was down 1.54% in August, with markets characterised by skyrocketing volatility spurred by unwinding yen-based carry trades.

Is the dollar dross?

Pete Luxton, global markets adviser, and Shant Movsesian, FX options manager, at Informa Global Markets in London, seek ways to benefit from the flagging US dollar

Global FX trading up 71%

BASEL - The huge growth in daily turnover in the global foreign exchange market, revealed in the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) triennial foreign exchange survey last week, continues to solidify FX as an asset class.

Slow USD boosts JP Morgan to top

JP Morgan knocks online trading company GFT off the top spot in this week's 12-month forecast rankings, thanks to its commitment to a bullish view on EUR/USD.

Global FX trading up 71%

BASEL - The huge growth in daily turnover in the global foreign exchange market, revealed in the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) triennial foreign exchange survey last week, continues to solidify FX as an asset class.

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