Banks
FX house of the year Singapore and FX house of the year Malaysia: OCBC Bank
As cross-border international trade and investments gather pace in Southeast Asia, OCBC empowers its clients with a suite of bespoke FX products and services to support its clients in the region
How banks are adapting to all-powerful pod funds
Growth of multi-manager funds such as Citadel, Millennium and Balyasny has forced dealers to switch tactics in an attempt to preserve profits
Outlook for e-FX: opportunities and risks for banks
As electronification spreads into new areas of FX trading, banks are under pressure to digitise more of their offerings to remain competitive. The race is now on to automate pricing, trading and hedging in areas such as non-deliverable forwards, swaps…
HSBC wins six Apac FX house of the year awards
With one of the strongest footprints in the Asia-Pacific region (Apac), HSBC provides international clients with an extensive local FX franchise while facilitating local clients’ access to international markets
FX algo firms see rise in matched principal trading
FX Markets Asia: Users more willing to trade passively in low-vol environment
Banks face tough choices over single-dealer platforms
Costly upgrades and shifting execution methods by corporates could challenge SDPs
SocGen hires Estrada as global head of FX
John Estrada previously held the same role at Credit Suisse prior to his departure last year
Basel Committee prepares crackdown on bank ‘window dressing’
Study says lenders have obscured their true systemic importance at reporting dates
LoopFX nears launch with Factset’s Portware partnership
New dark pool matching platform aims to integrate with existing buy-side workflows
Banks scrutinised for offloading deal contingent risks on to funds
Critics say practice could lead to disclosure of sensitive client data
Blow-out on ‘dim sum’ bonds fuels boom in offshore rates options
Swaptions on USD/CNH swaps enjoy boost as investors adopt ‘all-you-can-eat’ approach to callables
FX HedgePool launches all-to-all FX swaps matching
P2P platform starts daily matching and opens up to banks, hedge funds and ECNs
How corporates are tooling up for FX risk
Unstable markets have forced corporate treasurers to adopt whizzier methods for managing currency exposures
To rest or aggress? Trends in FX options Clob trading
Buy side’s execution style is evolving towards passive resting orders, finds CME Group’s Chris Povey
Buy-siders bemoan ‘dark arts’ of corporate bond CSA discounting
Litany of pricing variables fuel wide differences in how dealers calculate discount rates for collateral agreements
Corporate-focused banks see boom in FX trading volumes in H1
US banks report higher FX swaps and forwards volumes from corporates as SA-CCR effect wanes, BCG research shows
FX-style crypto platforms could bridge gap with TradFi
Emergence of execution-only ECNs, prime brokers and clearing houses brings new confidence in crypto
EBS unveils incentives to boost liquidity post-Globex move
Focus is on brokerage discounts and product expansion following replatforming
BNP Paribas recognised in three categories at the 2022 Best Banks Awards
Amid the market commotion of the past several years, BNP Paribas’ FX franchise has weathered the storm and proven its scope and strength to become one of the top liquidity providers in the industry
LSEG’s FXall to open access for banks’ NDF algos
Move tipped to help smooth buy-side adoption of algo execution for non-deliverable forwards
Refinitiv’s FXall launches automated forward fixing tool
New service offers asset managers automatic competitive pricing for a benchmark trade’s forward points
Wheels on fire: automated algo selection takes off in FX
Embrace of workflow automation and data analytics is driving asset managers’ adoption of FX algo wheels
Fenics’ Kace launches FX options OMS
The system will help regional banks tap white-labelled liquidity from a single access point
New buy-side tools seek to break grip of bank FX algos
Proprietary algorithms come of age to provide alternatives for the buy side