Record Currency Management
In a bit of a fix: Refinitiv seeks ideas to improve WM/R
Operator launches consultation following criticism of 4pm fixing rate
Record boosts presence in North America
Specialist currency manager bolsters on-the-ground presence as it eyes market opportunities in region
Record brings ESG into currency management
Specialist currency manager develops database and methods for improving ESG credentials of its product
Record launches FX guide for pensions industry
It gives pension managers insights into the risks and opportunities currencies present
Record hires New Change FX for TCA
The specialist currency manager engages independent data and transaction cost analysis provider
Record expands relationship with WisdomTree
The specialist currency manager will provide additional EM signals to the asset manager
Record’s Wood-Collins: more disclosures needed
The UK-based currency manager’s chief says some asset managers appear to use only one counterparty for FX trading
Record wins Sunsuper mandate
UK-based specialist currency manager gets AS$350m mandate as part of multi-strategy product
Record commits to FX Global Code
The firm is one of the few on the buy side to have signed up to the code of conduct
Conference delegates blast SNB for Swiss move
The SNB's decision to remove its minimum exchange rate in the franc should have been done with more notice, conference delegates say
Buy side steps in as banks tire of delegated reporting
Buy-side firms are offering delegated reporting for clients as banks understood to be weighing up whether to continue offering the service
Systematic strategies will bounce back, say managers
Despite the recent bankruptcy of FX Concepts, some currency managers believe systematic investment strategies could soon make a comeback
Currency managers divided on net foreign assets as an indicator
Net foreign assets have a greater role to play in weighing up currency strength, says Stratton Street portfolio manager - but others disagree
Euro outlook 'unpredictable' after recent strength
Despite the resurgence of confidence in the euro since the turn of the year, participants appear to be following the caution expressed by Mario Draghi yesterday over whether the trend is sustainable
FX Week Europe video: The challenges of FX in 2013
Senior market participants, including David Puth from CLS and Record Currency Management's Neil Record, speak to Kathy Alys about the major challenges of 2012, and their hopes for 2013
Photo gallery: FX Week Europe, November 2012
Photos and stories from the FX Week Europe conference, held in London on November 21
FX Week Europe: Disaster in the eurozone still plausible, warns Neil Record
Founder of Record Currency Management favours a new type of hedging product that protects investors from the exit of eurozone members
Buy side weighs risk mitigation against clearing costs
Buy-side firms look certain to bear some of the costs that result from mandatory central clearing, with some suggesting they might look to clear non-mandated products, were it not for the prohibitive costs
Record spots dislocation in covered interest rate parity
Record Currency Management is looking to help its clients profit from a dislocation in the covered interest rate parity between several currencies
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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…