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Automation the answer to costly fat finger errors
e-FX Forum: BNP FX exec says trading and booking problems can create up to 4% hit on P&L
Fee compression threatens FX algo innovation
e-FX Forum: Bank algo heads say continued revenue pressures could stifle development
e-FX awards 2024: The winners
JP Morgan takes home a record five wins, while BNP, DB and NatWest have two each
BofA extends ‘guaranteed rate’ window to a year
US bank holds spot FX rates for longer period to give alternative hedging tools to smaller clients
Data reveals hidden clockwork of FX forwards market
More than 70% of Vanguard’s volumes and nearly half of Pimco’s regularly occur on just four calendar days
State Street hires FactSet’s Matsko for GlobalLink business
New hire to take on global sales head role
Morgan Stanley shoots into FX options dealer top spot
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added $11.1 billion in new positions in Q1
MMF margin adoption needed to boost tokenisation efforts
Instruments must be more widely accepted as initial margin for new tech initiatives to take off, says JPM exec
Pimco doubles down on FX forwards trades in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Pimco accounted for nearly 60% of all notionals added by mutual funds
FX automation plans focus on predictive analytics – panel
Panellists suggest banks could explore AI tools for foreign exchange pricing
Cuts and points – how the Dealer Rankings work
Dealer Rankings 2024: We have a simple way to compare dealers. Sort of simple, anyway
BNPP and BofA top this year’s FX Markets Dealer Rankings
Both banks prospered with US mutual funds, while Morgan Stanley remained top counterparty for life insurers
Banks, vendors mine AI for corporate FX hedging
New machine learning algos can help corporate clients adjust hedging ratios, but tech’s effectiveness is limited by data quality, experts caution
Regulators urged to back non-cash variation margin
Market participants warn FSB on cash collateral demand as banks curb collateral upgrade trades
Bloomberg to launch T+1 FX fixing
Index arm to offer benchmark for value tomorrow outrights that settle in line with new US securities timeline
SpectrAxe fires up OTC FX options Clob
Go-live marks first electronic all-to-all venue for buy-siders trading the instruments
FX futures momentum challenges primary venues’ pricing role
Panellists suggest spot FX primary markets’ importance in models has “diminished”
Korea FX reforms expected to drive e-trading surge
Dealers say opening onshore FX market to foreign firms will push trading onto platforms
Isda pushes to ‘decouple’ Simm calibration from model changes
Emir 3.0 prompts effort to separate risk-weight revisions from methodology updates
Europe’s FXPBs take advantage of margin rule carve-out
Some large FX options users have switched to dealers capitalising on regulatory mismatch
Hedge funds’ pricing often trumps other buy-siders – SNB
Research shows “advantageous” prices result in outperformance of 139bp trading USD/CHF
Softer FX rules for China QFIs set to boost CNY competition
Freedom to circumvent local custodians a plus for pricing and best execution – State Street
Industry urges focus on initial margin instead of intraday VM
CPMI-Iosco says scheduled variation margin is better than ad hoc calls by clearing houses
Banks and market-makers back BGC’s FMX
Group including BofA, Citi and Goldman buy 26% stake in spot FX, UST and futures trading business