Buy side
First P2P trade completed on Siege FX
Dark pool aims to match algo orders among its 30 buy-side clients
Citi extends lead in FX forwards, BNP Paribas climbs
Counterparty Radar: Total value of forwards positions jumps 11% after second-quarter dip
Asset managers hold the key to any FX revival
For a regime shift to truly occur, long-term investors need to get on board
Guy Debelle on the FX Global Code and the rise of the buy side
Code’s creators considering updates to sections on last look and pre-hedging
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Vanguard signs FX Global Code
World’s second largest asset manager adopts code after seeing evidence of positive impact on the market
Algo users seek apples-to-apples info
BIS study raised concerns; standards now a work in progress at GFXC
Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti
Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks
Asia’s FX markets step to the algorithm
Buy-side use of automated trading programs builds, albeit from a low base
Benchmark rigging scandal: a remake in the making
Regulators should act now to prevent any repeat of the fixing scandal of 2013
How low can you go: falling cost of FX fix sparks concern
Algorithms are reducing fixing fees, but some dealers are willing to go even lower – perhaps dangerously so
Unleashing the potential of NDFs
Trading in non-deliverable forwards is on a roll, despite concerns over liquidity
FX volatilities fall on receding US election fears
Polls point to a decisive Biden win – though some worry market is being complacent
PBs seek remedy for credit addiction in FX
Group set up after big Citi loss considers limit-checking hub, among other options
Mifid best execution relief for buy side hangs by a thread
Largest grouping in European Parliament faces uphill battle to suspend RTS 28 reporting
Forward momentum: the new world of NDF trading
NDF landscape is changing as trading volumes drive electronification and algo execution – but challenges remain
Swaps platform aims to cut out the banks – but not entirely
Peer-to-peer newcomer FX HedgePool targets asset managers’ month-end hedging activity
Buy side hopes for best execution reporting carve-out
After EC exempts venues from best execution reporting, Aima argues funds' RTS 28 reports should follow
Banks tout early roll dates for FX swaps as quarter-end looms
Asset managers open to more flexible hedging strategies since March turbulence, say dealers
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Choppy markets revive quest for RFQ’s ‘magic number’
Deutsche argues for smaller, stronger panels; Citi offers better prices for 'full amount' trades
BLTs and glitchy Wi-Fi: lockdown life for FX execs
With traders transacting trillions from their living rooms, currency markets are adapting to new normal
Andreas König’s crisis playbook meets Covid-19
Interview: Trading from home may be odd, but Amundi’s FX head was ready for other stresses
Inside March madness with Citi’s Tuchman
Interview: Trading rooms went virtual, central banks stepped up – but some platforms flopped