Exchange
Argentina sells dollars in parallel FX market
Domestic currency’s CCL value jumps as central bank tightens monetary supply
Clearing members combing rule books after LME lawsuit win
Industry debates whether other CCPs and exchanges would cancel trades if faced with similar crisis
BIS wraps up cross-border CBDC trial
Project Mariana explored FX settlement using ‘automated market-makers’
HKEX and LCH look to expand eligible collateral
Chinese government bonds in the frame as clearing houses seek to boost non-cash margin options
Looking to the futures: Transtrend’s trading head on the power of EFP
Dutch CTA firm says increased costs in OTC FX world will drive banks and buy-side to EFP
CME picks Houston to lead revamped FX unit as EBS’s Ward exits
Move follows exchange group’s plans to closely integrate EBS with its FX futures business
Best exchange for FX: CME Group
Following years of investment in its platform, CME Group has created an FX marketplace that provides market participants with a breadth of trading options that cater for myriad execution and trading styles and market conditions
TMX eyes spot crypto trading launch next year
Exchange group would become first in North America to offer direct access to spot market in digital assets
Big investors undeterred by crypto failures – Goldman exec
Financial institutions are forging ahead with investment plans despite the sector’s recent troubles
Argentina and Brazil’s currency proposal met with scepticism
Experts say it is unclear whether governments want currency union or trade settlement mechanism
LSEG to launch new NDF Matching platform in Singapore
Testing for NDF Matching is scheduled for later this year with a full production launch expected in 2023
Optiver aims to gatecrash FX options private party
Dutch non-bank hopes to exploit shift to electronic markets in OTC options, following record $7bn trading day
CMC Markets’ 2021 technology drive
Richard Elston, group head of institutional sales at CMC Markets, discusses the highlights of recent technical developments, illustrating what that means for the company and its growing institutional client base
Argentine central bank freezes banks’ FX purchases
BCRA order comes amid a falling peso, IMF talks and mid-term elections
The post-trade revolution: transforming the ability to manage liquidity and risk
Alex Knight, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Baton Systems, explores the ongoing technological revolution in post-trade processing that consigns the problems of inefficient, costly and restrictive processes to the past
Is there an optimal time to trade FX?
CME’s Phil Hermon delves into futures data to search for the ‘hidden liquidity’ available during the trading day
Futures aim to put a dent in FX swaps supremacy
Advent of margin rules sharpens appeal of exchange-traded instruments for buy-siders
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Crypto market structure pushing institutions towards synthetics
Credit risk and custody challenges with spot could push investors to derivatives and ETPs
FX industry shows little appetite for single API
Market players sceptical over need for standard programming code to connect clients with services
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage