FX options
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
J.P. Morgan brings greater transparency to the overlay space
Demand for J.P. Morgan’s FX overlay market services has risen significantly as market participants navigate the hedging and execution complexities of the market
Franklin Templeton dethrones MSIM as top FX options user
Counterparty Radar: MSIM continued to cut RMB positions in Q3, while Franklin Templeton increased G10 trades
Review of 2024: FX traders face new paradigm
Volatility from elections and central bank policies shaped trading activities, while LPs innovated
Profit and pain as macro turmoil engulfs Brazil
FX options trades pay off, while sharp jump in rates caught traders by surprise
Buy-siders call for FX options workflow overhaul
FX Markets Europe: Traders say electronification of FX options is still lagging
FX options market eyes Trump inauguration trades
FX Markets Europe: Traders turn to short-dated plays on cabinet picks and early tariff actions
Higher rates see corporates reassess FX structured products
Treasurers are getting a taste for dual currency notes and structured forwards
FX options: rising activity puts post-trade in focus
A surge in electronic FX options trading is among the factors fuelling demand for efficiencies across the entire trade lifecycle, says OSTTRA’s commercial lead, FX and securities
Hedge funds take profit on vol trades with Trump win
FX volatility drops sharply as positions unwind; rates market sees mixed reaction
Exotic FX derivatives bets in play as US election vol jumps
Forward volatility agreements see profits for funds; new trades include vol knockouts
BNP Paribas hires New York FXO head from Deutsche Bank
Former emerging markets FX options trader joins French bank to lead desk
Citi poaches FX options trading duo from Barclays
US bank adds to its London and Singapore FXO trading desks
Low FX vol regime fuels exotics expansion
Interest is growing in the products as a way to squeeze juice out of a flat market
Goldman Sachs retakes top FXO dealer spot with mutual funds in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Trades with SEI Investments boosts US bank to top spot
Nomura hires Sambrani in ongoing FX options buildout
Former head of Asia FX options trading at Barclays joins bank in London
Dealers bruised by surprise renminbi vol surge
Rush to re-hedge USD/CNH exotics left banks in grip of painful short gamma squeeze
Traders flipped long yen vol ahead of global market rout
Hedge funds and real money bought long yen volatility in the run-up to Monday’s turmoil
Survey: FX swaps e-trading sees greater client sophistication
BofA study shows increasing electronic trading of derivatives as users embrace MDPs and APIs
Franklin Templeton steps back into FX options
Former biggest user of the instrument among US mutual funds returns with $7.6bn of USD/JPY strategies
FX options’ MDP migration
Volumes on multi-dealer platforms are climbing, but dealers warn pricing may not be optimal